وَما بَقِيَت مِنَ اللَذاتِ إِلّا

وَما بَقِيَت مِنَ اللَذاتِ إِلّا

مُحاوَرَةُ الرِجالِ ذَوي العُقولِ

مُحاوَرَةُ الرِجالِ ذَوي العُقولِ

And no pleasure remains except

Little remains of life's pleasures

conversation with men of intellect.

Save converse with men of sense -

وَقَد كانوا إِذا عُدّوا قَليلاً

وَقَد كانوا إِذا عُدّوا قَليلاً

فَقَد صاروا أَقَلَّ مِنَ القَليلِ

فَقَد صاروا أَقَلَّ مِنَ القَليلِ

And they were already few when counted;

Yet, when reckoned, even these

so now they have become fewer than the few.

Prove less than few and far between.