1. The gray hairs do me no injustice, for before them
I had no share in the delight of a happy life.
١. لا أظلم الشيب فمن قبله
ما كان لي في طيب عيشٍ نصيب
2. No, nor even before the blackness of youth
Was my cheek as though whitened with age.
٢. كلاَّ ولا قبلَ سواد الصّبا
كأنَّما أبيضُ خدِّي مشيب