غَضِبتَyou grew angry لِلمَزحِat the jest وَلَمand did not
غَضِبتَ لِلمَزحِ وَلَم
تَنظُرlook إِلىat مَوقِعِهِits setting
تَنظُر إِلى مَوقِعِهِ
You took offense at the jest, yet did not
You grew angry at the jest, and did not
consider its proper place.
look at its setting.
المَزحُjesting فيin مَوضِعِهِits place
المَزحُ في مَوضِعِهِ
كَالجَدِّlike seriousness فيin مَوضِعِهِits place
كَالجَدِّ في مَوضِعِهِ
Jesting, in its proper place,
Jesting in its proper place
is like earnestness in its proper place.
is like seriousness in its proper place.
