وَما صاحِبُ السَبعينَ وَالعَشرِ بَعدَها

وَما صاحِبُ السَبعينَ وَالعَشرِ بَعدَها

بِأَقرَبَ مِمَّن حَنَّكَتهُ القَوابِلُ

بِأَقرَبَ مِمَّن حَنَّكَتهُ القَوابِلُ

And a man of seventy, with ten years more,

The owner of seventy and the decade has not passed

Is no nearer death than one whose palate the midwives have rubbed.

Is not closer than one shaped by fate

وَلَكِنَّ آمالاً يُؤَمِّلُها الفَتى

وَلَكِنَّ آمالاً يُؤَمِّلُها الفَتى

وَفيهِنَّ لِلراجينَ حَقٌّ وَباطِلُ

وَفيهِنَّ لِلراجينَ حَقٌّ وَباطِلُ

Yet a young man cherishes hopes,

But a young man hopes for aspirations

And among them, for those who hope, are truth and falsehood.

Among them for the hopeful is truth and falsehood