سبوت وآحاد تمرّ على الفتى

سبوت وآحاد تمرّ على الفتى

وليل يغطيه وصبح يواصله

وليل يغطيه وصبح يواصله

Saturdays and Sundays pass over a young man,

Days and nights pass over the youth

And night covers him, and morning keeps him company.

While night covers him and morning continues it

وآماله شتى ومن دونها الردى

وآماله شتى ومن دونها الردى

وافضل آمال الفتى ما يعاجله

وافضل آمال الفتى ما يعاجله

And his hopes are varied, but death stands in their way.

And he has diverse hopes, while without them is perdition

And the best of a young man's hopes is what comes to him swiftly.

And the best hopes of a youth are those which avail him

ولم أر إنسانا خلا من فضيلة

ولم أر إنسانا خلا من فضيلة

وإن كثرت آثامه ورذائله

وإن كثرت آثامه ورذائله

And I have never seen a person devoid of some virtue,

And I have not seen a human devoid of virtue

Even if his sins and vices are many.

Though numerous were his sins and vices