1. When I felt the grayness of my hair like arrows,
It shoots and its shooting succeeds, as it intends.
١. قُوِّستُ إِذا شَعَرتُ شَيبِيَ أَسهُمٌ
تَرمي فَيَنجَحُ رَميُها وَمَرامُها
2. So I marveled how today the world turned me from myself,
Though its bow and arrows come from me.
٢. فَعَجِبتُ لِلدُنيا رَمَتني اليَومَ عَن
نَفسي وَمِنّي قَوسُها وَسِهامُها