ياO مَنْone who يُعمِّيconceals علىfrom حليلتِهhis wife
يا مَنْ يُعمِّي على حليلتِه
شيباًgray hair يريهاshows her خضابُهhis dye حَلكاdeep blackness
شيباً يريها خضابُه حَلكا
O man who conceals from his wife
O you who deceive your beloved
gray hair his dye makes appear pitch-black to her,
With the dye that makes your gray hair look black
أعجِبْhow astonishing بتزويركat your falsification of الخضابَthe dye علىagainst
أعجِبْ بتزويرك الخضابَ على
منthe one who تتولاهshe attends to it فيin الخلاءprivacy لكاfor you
من تتولاه في الخلاء لكا
How astonishing that you use dye to deceive
Be amazed at how you disguise the gray
the one who applies it for you in private!
On the one who meets you alone and naked
لنwill never تنقلَyou shift الشيبَgray hair عنaway from خليقتهits nature
لن تنقلَ الشيبَ عن خليقته
ماas long as عشتَyou live حتىuntil تُصرّفyou redirect الفلكاthe celestial sphere
ما عشتَ حتى تُصرّف الفلكا
You will never change gray hair’s nature
You cannot change the nature of old age
as long as you live—unless you redirect the celestial sphere.
As long as you live, even if you move the stars
Sol 6.1