دُنياworldly life الفَتىthe young man هَذِهِthis عَدُوٌّan enemy
دُنيا الفَتى هَذِهِ عَدُوٌّ
تَفريهِit rends him عَمداًdeliberately بِمُنصُلَيهاwith its two blades
تَفريهِ عَمداً بِمُنصُلَيها
This world is a young man's enemy,
deliberately rending him with its two blades.
غِناهُhis freedom from need فيهاin it عَنِfrom الغَوانيbeautiful women
غِناهُ فيها عَنِ الغَواني
أَجمَلُfiner مِنthan فَقرِهِhis need إِلَيهاfor them
أَجمَلُ مِن فَقرِهِ إِلَيها
His independence here from beautiful women
is finer than his dependence on them.
وَصَبرُهُand his patient restraint فيin الشَبابِyouth عَنهاfrom them
وَصَبرُهُ في الشَبابِ عَنها
أَيسَرُeasier مِنthan صَبرِهِhis patience عَلَيهاwith them
أَيسَرُ مِن صَبرِهِ عَلَيها
And his abstinence from them in youth
is easier than his endurance of them.
Translation model: Sol 6.1