أبلى جديديَّ هذان الجديدانِ

أبلى جديديَّ هذان الجديدانِ

والشأنُ في أن هذا الشيبَ ينعاني

والشأنُ في أن هذا الشيبَ ينعاني

These two new ones have worn my own two new ones threadbare;

These two ever-new ones—day and night—have worn out my two new garments.

the point is that this gray hair announces my death.

And the trouble is that this gray hair announces my death.

كأنَّما اعتمَّ رأسي منه بالجبلِ ال

كأنَّما اعتمَّ رأسي منه بالجبلِ ال

راسي فأوهمني ثقلاً وأوهاني

راسي فأوهمني ثقلاً وأوهاني

As though, because of it, my head had taken the mountain for its turban—

As though my head, because of it, had donned the mountain as a turban—

the firmly rooted one—which made me imagine a weight and left me weak.

Firmly rooted—so it made me imagine a weight and weakened me.