1. لا تَلُمني عَلى اِجتِنابي لِلكا

    س رُوَيداً فَما عَلَيَّ ملام

    Do not blame me for shunning the cu—

    —p; gently now, for no blame rests on me.

  2. ما تَرى الشَيب فضة في عذاري

    سَبَكتهُ بِنارِها الأَيام

    Do you not see the gray hair, silver along my cheek,

    which the days have cast with their fire?