رأيتهI saw him بعدafter حينٍa time منfrom ملاحتهhis loveliness
رأيته بعد حينٍ من ملاحته
وقدand had already محاerased اللهGod منهfrom him رونقَthe luster الخفرِbashfulness
وقد محا الله منه رونقَ الخفرِ
I saw him some time after his days of loveliness,
I saw him after a while since I last saw him
And God had erased from him the luster of bashfulness.
God had erased from him the grace of youth
وعفشand stripped الحسنbeauty ذاكthat الوجهthe face حينwhen خباfaded
وعفش الحسن ذاك الوجه حين خبا
ديباجthe brocade خديهhis cheeks فيin مسحٍsackcloth منof الشعرhair
ديباج خديه في مسحٍ من الشعر
And beauty stripped that face when there faded
And the beauty of that face had grown disorderly when it withered
The brocade of his cheeks beneath a sackcloth of hair.
The damask of his cheeks in a stroke of white hair
Sol 6.1