1. Youth has departed and I became like one
Whom nothing awakens till death comes to him.
١. ذهَبُ الشَبابُ وَصِرتُ كَالخَلَقِ الَّذي
إِلّا تُعاجِلُهُ المَنِيَّةُ يَهمَدُ
2. Till I was adorned by white hair instead
Of black hair, the adornment of youth.
٢. حَتّى التَحَفتُ مِنَ المَشيبِ مُلاءَة
عُقباكَ مِن شَعرِ الشَبابِ الأَسوَدِ