وَإِذا الفَتى كَرِهَ الغَواني وَاِتَّقى

وَإِذا الفَتى كَرِهَ الغَواني وَاِتَّقى

مَرَضاً يَعودُ وَضَرَّهُ ما يُطعَمُ

مَرَضاً يَعودُ وَضَرَّهُ ما يُطعَمُ

And when a young man loathes beautiful women and guards against

When a young man dislikes singing girls and fears

a recurring illness, and what he is fed harms him,

The sickness that comes back and pains his feeding,

فَقَدِ اِنطَوَت عَنهُ الحَياةُ وَكاذِبٌ

فَقَدِ اِنطَوَت عَنهُ الحَياةُ وَكاذِبٌ

مَن قالَ عَنهُ يَبيتُ وَهوَ مُنَعَّمُ

مَن قالَ عَنهُ يَبيتُ وَهوَ مُنَعَّمُ

then life has folded itself away from him; and a liar is

Then life has turned away from him, and the one who said

whoever says of him, “He spends the night in comfort.”

He sleeps fulfilled is lying.

رَكِبَ الزَمانَ إِلى الحِمامِ بِرُغمِهِ

رَكِبَ الزَمانَ إِلى الحِمامِ بِرُغمِهِ

وَرَأى المَنِيَّةَ لَيسَ فيها مَرغَمُ

وَرَأى المَنِيَّةَ لَيسَ فيها مَرغَمُ

He rode time toward death against his will,

He rode the days against their will

and saw that death held no humiliation.

To the baths, and saw death holds no dread.