وقائلةand a woman saying ليto me بعدafter ماthat (temporal particle) شابَturned gray مفرقيthe parting of my hair
وقائلة لي بعد ما شابَ مفرقي
وفكريwhile my mind فيin تيهthe wilderness الشبيبةyouth يرتعgrazes freely
وفكري في تيه الشبيبة يرتع
A woman said to me, after the parting of my hair had turned gray,
While my mind grazed in the wilderness of youth:
أترجعwill you turn away? عنfrom لهوrevelry الصباyouth بملامةٍbecause of a rebuke
أترجع عن لهو الصبا بملامةٍ
فقلتso I said ولاand no واللهby God بالشيبbecause of gray hair أرجعI turn away
فقلت ولا والله بالشيب أرجع
“Will you turn away from youthful revelry at a rebuke?”
So I said, “No, by God—not even gray hair will turn me away.”
Sol 6.1