1. All have whitened, but no whitening with me,
Save the whitening of gray hair and forehead.

2. So I was absent from the condolence gathering
Against my will, though my words were present there.

3. O people of Hud, if the roses are counted
You were pearls from the shell of the sea.

4. O generous ones of time, I see none
As foals but you, or as precious pearls.