1. O you who are entrusted with youth
What does the seventy year old fully aged man want?
١. يا أَيُّها الرَجُلُ الموَكَّلُ بِالصِبا
فيمَ ابنُ سَبعينَ المعمَّرُ مِن دَدِ
2. You are entrusted with an old woman
Who has become renewed like new Yemeni leather
٢. حَتّامَ أَنتَ مُوَكَّلٌ بِقَديمَةٍ
أَمسَت تجدَّدُ كَاليَماني الجيِّدِ
3. Dignity adorned her perfection and she was characterized by
Wisdom, virtue and the traits of a master
٣. زانَ الجلالُ كَمالَها وَرَسا بِها
عَقلٌ وَفاضِلَةٌ وَشيمَةُ سَيِّدِ
4. She was stingy in giving you her achievements
While you two were deluded in seeking fleeting youth
٤. ضَنَّت بِنائِلِها عَلَيكَ وَأَنتُما
غِرّانِ في طَلَبِ الشَبابِ الأَغيدِ
5. And now you hope to attain her achievements
Alas! Her achievements are in the place of the coffin
٥. فَالآنَ تَرجو أَن تُصيبَكَ نائِلاً
هَيهاتَ نائِلُها مَكانَ الفَرقَدِ