ياذاO you الّذيwho ألْهاُdistracted him عاجِلُpresent; immediate لَهوِهِhis amusement
ياذا الّذي ألْهاُ عاجِلُ لَهوِهِ
عَنfrom دَرسِهِhis studies فحكىso he resembled البَهائَمthe beasts هائماwandering aimlessly
عَن دَرسِهِ فحكى البَهائَم هائما
O you whom your present amusement has distracted
O you who is distracted from your lessons by your urgent frivolity
From your studies, so you resemble the beasts, wandering aimlessly:
And tells of grazing beasts wandering blindly
اسِْهَدْstay awake إذاif ماemphatic particle كُنتَyou are تَبغيyou seek رِفْعَةًeminence
اسِْهَدْ إذا ما كُنتَ تَبغي رِفْعَةً
يَوماًsomeday ولاand do not تَبغِseek الغَنائمthe spoils نائمِاasleep
يَوماً ولا تَبغِ الغَنائم نائمِا
Stay awake if you seek eminence
Be alert when you seek elevation one day
Someday, and do not seek spoils while asleep.
And do not seek spoils while asleep