يَوَدُّ أَنَّ شَيبَهُ

يَوَدُّ أَنَّ شَيبَهُ

إِذ جاءَ لا يَنصَرِفُ

إِذ جاءَ لا يَنصَرِفُ

He wishes that his gray hair,

He wishes that his gray hair,

once it comes, will not depart:

once it has come, will not depart.

يَخلُفُ رَيعانُ الصِبا

يَخلُفُ رَيعانُ الصِبا

وَالمَوتُ مِنهُ خَلِفُ

وَالمَوتُ مِنهُ خَلِفُ

it succeeds youth’s first bloom,

It succeeds the bloom of youth,

and death is its successor.

and death is its successor.