1. لَقَد أَصبَحَ البيضُ الغَواني كَأَنَّما

    يَرَينَ إِذا ما كُنتُ فيهِنَّ أَجرَبا

    Indeed, the fair-skinned beauties now seem as though

    they see a mangy man whenever I am among them.

  2. وَكُنتُ إِذا لاقَيتُهُنَّ بِبَلدَةٍ

    يَقُلنَ عَلى النِكراءِ أَهلاً وَمرحَبا

    And when I used to meet them in a town,

    they would say, though they did not know me, “Welcome, and welcome!”

  3. وَلَستُ بِشَيخٍ قَد تَوَجَّه دالِفٍ

    وَلَكِن فَتىً مِن صالِحِ القَومِ عقّبا

    And I am no old man, advanced in years and shuffling along,

    but a young man descended from worthy men.