1. O you who dye your hair with henna, for how long
Will you enslave yourself to it,
١. أَيّا خَاضِبَ الشَّيْبِ حَتَّى مَتَى
تُسَوّدُهُ وَهْوَ يَسْتَعْبِدُكْ
2. When you have no need for youthfulness that
Stains your face with your own hand.
٢. وَمَا حَاجَةٌ لِشبابٍ غَدَتْ
تُسَوِّدُ وَجْهَكَ فيهِ يَدُكْ