سَواسٍ كَأَسنانِ الحِمارِ فَلا تَرى

سَواسٍ كَأَسنانِ الحِمارِ فَلا تَرى

لِذي شَيبَةٍ مِنهُم عَىل ناشِئٍ فَضلا

لِذي شَيبَةٍ مِنهُم عَىل ناشِئٍ فَضلا

All alike, like a donkey’s teeth, so you see no

Whims like a donkey's teeth, so you see no merit

superiority of a gray-haired man among them over a youth.

For the old over the youth among them