وإذاand when ماan emphatic particle عددتُI counted أيامthe days of عمريmy life
وإذا ما عددتُ أيام عمري
قلتُI said للشَّيبto gray hair مرحباًwelcome بالظَّلومto the oppressor
قلتُ للشَّيب مرحباً بالظَّلوم
And whenever I count the days of my life,
Over the hill of my life, when I count my days
I say to gray hair, “Welcome, O oppressor!”
I bid the gray beard welcome in the gloom
Sol 6.1