1. Dukhnus was astonished when she saw me
With the grayness of old age overwhelming me

2. She cried out with her voice and bleated
Do not hesitate, my freshness has grown gray

3. If you see that the eve of my youth has passed
And my lifetime is less than my date of birth

4. A two year old and a fifty year old man
Oh time, it surely has eras

5. Would that she had called me by her pet name for me
The day she said, do not throw off restraint

6. Would that we had died before that day
Or done what free men do

7. The deeds of a people song now ignores
I did not fight though the weak fought

8. So I turned away from them and they were vanquished
While my holding back from them was dishonor and shame

9. My soul yearns for the youth of Quraysh
When the Chosen One comes to them with his message