رَكِبتُ الصِبا حَتّى إِذا ما وَنى الصِبا

رَكِبتُ الصِبا حَتّى إِذا ما وَنى الصِبا

نَزَلتُ مِنَ التَقوى بِأَكرَمِ مَنزِلِ

نَزَلتُ مِنَ التَقوى بِأَكرَمِ مَنزِلِ

I rode youthful passion until, when youthful passion waned,

I rode my youth until when my youth declined

I alighted at the noblest dwelling of piety.

I dismounted in piety, at the noblest abode

وَدينُ الفَتى بَينَ التَنَسُّكِ وَالنُّهى

وَدينُ الفَتى بَينَ التَنَسُّكِ وَالنُّهى

وَدُنيا الفَتى بَينَ الصِبا وَالتَغَزُّلِ

وَدُنيا الفَتى بَينَ الصِبا وَالتَغَزُّلِ

And a young man's faith lies between devotion and reason,

The religion of a young man is between asceticism and prohibition

And a young man's worldly life between youthful passion and love poetry.

And the world of a young man is between youthfulness and infatuation