مِنof شَقوَةِmisfortune المُردِthe beardless youths أَنthat تَبدوappear شَوارِبُهُمtheir mustaches
مِن شَقوَةِ المُردِ أَن تَبدو شَوارِبُهُم
مُسوَدَّةًblackened قَبلَbefore أَنthat تَبدوappear عَوارِضُهُمtheir side-whiskers
مُسوَدَّةً قَبلَ أَن تَبدو عَوارِضُهُم
It is a misfortune for beardless youths that their mustaches appear
black before their side-whiskers appear.
ياO وَيحَهُمalas for them مِنbecause of لِحىًbeards جَدَّتworked earnestly مَنافِشُهُمtheir carding combs
يا وَيحَهُم مِن لِحىً جَدَّت مَنافِشُهُم
فيهِنَّin them أَوor لَعِبَتplayed فيهاin them مَقارِضُهُمtheir shears
فيهِنَّ أَو لَعِبَت فيها مَقارِضُهُم
Alas for them, for beards their carding combs have labored
over, or their shears have played upon!
Sol 6.1