1. O you who turn away, rejecting grey hair
And ignore my objection to your rejection

2. If you overlook my reproach, I'll overlook
The weakness in that overlooking of reproach

3. So why are you annoyed by the sprouting on my cheek
And what caused my greying to annoy you?

4. I'm content to grey and to become
Unhappy with the horror of its sprouting

5. Indeed this whiteness after blackness
Is better than that blackness after whiteness