الدينُ هَجرُ الفَتى اللَذّاتِ عَن يُسُرٍ

الدينُ هَجرُ الفَتى اللَذّاتِ عَن يُسُرٍ

في صَحَّةٍ وَاِقتِدارٍ مِنهُ ما عَمِرا

في صَحَّةٍ وَاِقتِدارٍ مِنهُ ما عَمِرا

Religion is a young man's forsaking pleasures while prosperous,

Religion is the youth abandoning pleasures easily

In health and with the power to enjoy them, for as long as he lives.

In health and capability as long as he lives

وَالحِلمُ صَبرُ أَخي عِزٍّ لِظالِمِهِ

وَالحِلمُ صَبرُ أَخي عِزٍّ لِظالِمِهِ

حَتّى يَقولَ أُناسٌ ذَلَّ أَو قُمِرا

حَتّى يَقولَ أُناسٌ ذَلَّ أَو قُمِرا

And forbearance is a powerful man's patience toward one who wrongs him,

And wisdom is the patience of a dear proud brother with his oppressor

Until people say, "He has been humbled or bested."

Until people say he is humiliated or esteemed

وَالغُمرُ يَأتي غِمارَ اللُجِّ يَحسِبُها

وَالغُمرُ يَأتي غِمارَ اللُجِّ يَحسِبُها

ضَحضاحَ ماءٍ فَنُلفيهِ وَقَد غُمِرا

ضَحضاحَ ماءٍ فَنُلفيهِ وَقَد غُمِرا

And the novice enters the sea's depths, thinking them

And the flood comes as murky water of the depths, thinking it

Shallow water; then we find him already submerged.

A shallow water, so we wade into it and it is flooded

وَالظَبيُ أَشجَعُ مِن لَيثٍ وَمِن نَمِرٍ

وَالظَبيُ أَشجَعُ مِن لَيثٍ وَمِن نَمِرٍ

إِذا أَلَمَّ يُضاهي اللَيثَ وَالنَمِرا

إِذا أَلَمَّ يُضاهي اللَيثَ وَالنَمِرا

And the gazelle is braver than a lion and than a leopard,

And the gazelle is braver than a lion or a panther

When it draws near to vie with the lion and the leopard.

When hurt it matches the lion and the panther

وَمِن عَناءِ اللَيالي خادِمٌ ضَغِنٌ

وَمِن عَناءِ اللَيالي خادِمٌ ضَغِنٌ

إِن يُؤمَرِ الأَمرَ يَفعَل غَيرَ ما أُمِرا

إِن يُؤمَرِ الأَمرَ يَفعَل غَيرَ ما أُمِرا

And among the hardships of the nights is a resentful servant:

And from the hardship of nights a serving boy, content

If given an order, he does something other than what he was commanded.

If ordered something does other than what he was ordered