1. With lightning flashes has she reproached me, after my locks turned hoary,
Yet not every lightning flash portends fertility's downpour.

2. When my hairs betrayed some silver strands,
And my soul grew calm after youthful passion's pangs,

3. She said: "Old age has barred you from frolicking as a lad,
And after your prime, fate has confined you with debility."

4. I replied: "Yes, I have become compliant to my censors,
And ceased aspiring to foolishness or to folly."

5. Small wonder that his dawn dispelled the night that donned him,
And my dream flung the devil of ignorance with shooting stars.

6. An anxiety glimpsed its spark between my vitals,
Illuminating for it in my forehead the flaming blaze.

7. Do you not see how hoariness has confined you after your night of darkness subsided,
And its flashes reproached you - alas for that night of infirmity!

8. And the nights have let you hear in their admonitions,
That he in his seventies belongs to the parade ground of the bier.

9. I have turned away from passions I was ardently attached to,
And avoided what would bring me disgrace or shame.

10. I have proceeded compliantly with prohibition's behests, well-pleased with my pace in my travels and my steps in my paths.