وَذادَتand drove away عَنfrom هواهُhis love البيضِthe fair women بيضٌwhite hairs
وَذادَت عَن هواهُ البيضِ بيضٌ
لَهاthey have فيin مَفرِقthe parting الرَأسthe head اِنتِشارa spreading
لَها في مَفرِق الرَأس اِنتِشار
And white hairs drove fair women away from his love,
White color defended its passion white
Spreading across the parting of his head.
Spreading through the parting of the head
جَديدٌa new garment وَاللَبيسُand the worn garment أَعَزُّmore precious مِنهُthan it
جَديدٌ وَاللَبيسُ أَعَزُّ مِنهُ
وَأَحرىand more worthy أَنto يُنافِسَهُvie for it التجارُthe merchants
وَأَحرى أَن يُنافِسَهُ التجارُ
A new garment—yet the worn one is more precious than it,
New yet the old garment is more precious
And worthier of merchants vying for it.
And most fitting that merchants compete for it
Sol 6.1