فَلا تَجمَعوا لِلدَهرِ في ذاتِ بَينكُم

فَلا تَجمَعوا لِلدَهرِ في ذاتِ بَينكُم

سَبيلاً فَإِنَّ الدَهرَ خَصمُ المَكارِمِ

سَبيلاً فَإِنَّ الدَهرَ خَصمُ المَكارِمِ

So do not provide Time, within the bonds between you,

So gather not against time in your hearts bitterness,

a way in, for Time is the foe of noble deeds.

For time is the foe of the noble and the magnanimous.

فَإِنَّ دُخولَ الناسِ في ذا وَمِثلِهِ

فَإِنَّ دُخولَ الناسِ في ذا وَمِثلِهِ

دُخولٌ لَعَمري بَينَ سَيفٍ وَقائِمِ

دُخولٌ لَعَمري بَينَ سَيفٍ وَقائِمِ

For people's intrusion into this and the like

When people enter such matters as this, by my life,

is, by my life, stepping between a sword and its hilt.

They enter between a sword and a firm adversary.