كنت إذا ما أتيت غيّا

كنت إذا ما أتيت غيّا

أقول بعد المشيب أرشد

أقول بعد المشيب أرشد

Whenever I went astray,

Once when I sinned, I said my gray hair would guide me,

I would say, “After my hair turns gray, I shall mend my ways.”

But now with white in my hair,

فصرت بعد ابيضاض شيبي

فصرت بعد ابيضاض شيبي

أسوأ ما كنت وهو أسود

أسوأ ما كنت وهو أسود

But once my hair had turned white, I became

I'm worse than I was with it black.

worse than I had been when it was black.