فَلَيْتَ شَيْبيَ فيما اسوَدَّ من صُحُفي

فَلَيْتَ شَيْبيَ فيما اسوَدَّ من صُحُفي

وَلَيْتَ حَظّيَ فيما ابيضَّ من شَعَرِي

وَلَيْتَ حَظّيَ فيما ابيضَّ من شَعَرِي

So, if only my gray hair were in the black of my pages,

Would that my gray hairs were for what is blackened on my pages

and if only my fortune were in the white of my hair.

Would that my fortune were for what is whitened of my hair