1. With what shall I plead against grey hair, when
It has charged me with calamities so immense?
١. بِماذا عَلى الشَيبِ أَدعو فَقَد
رَمانِيَ مِنهُ بِخَطبٍ جَسيم
2. I concealed my life in the night of youth,
But it revealed sorrows to me through the stars.
٢. سَتَرتُ حَياتي بِلَيلِ الصِبا
فَأَظهَرَها لِلأَسى بِالنُجوم