قالواthey said لِمَنto the one who زَعَمَclaimed المَشيبُgray hair مُتَمِّماًcompleting
قالوا لِمَن زَعَمَ المَشيبُ مُتَمِّماً
زَينَbeauty الوَقارِof dignity وَقالَand said فيهِabout it هُراءُnonsense
زَينَ الوَقارِ وَقالَ فيهِ هُراءُ
They said to the one who claimed that gray hair completed
the beauty of dignity, and spoke nonsense about it:
قَسَماًan oath بِمَنby Him who خَصَّendowed الشَبابَyouth بِنُضرَةٍwith freshness
قَسَماً بِمَن خَصَّ الشَبابَ بِنُضرَةٍ
يُرضيpleases رِجالاًmen حُسنَهاits beauty وَنِساءُand women
يُرضي رِجالاً حُسنَها وَنِساءُ
We swear by Him who endowed youth with freshness,
whose beauty pleases men and women:
لَوif أَنَّthat لِحيَةًa beard مَنone who يَشيبُgrows gray صَحيفَةٌa record
لَو أَنَّ لِحيَةً مَن يَشيبُ صَحيفَةٌ
لِمَعادِهِfor his hereafter لَمnot يَرضَهاaccept it بَيضاءُwhite
لِمَعادِهِ لَم يَرضَها بَيضاءُ
If the beard of one growing gray were a record
for his hereafter, he would not accept it white.
Sol 6.1