جارَacted unjustly المَشيبُgray hair علىupon رأسِيmy head فَغَيَّرَهُso changed it
جارَ المَشيبُ على رأسِي فَغَيَّرَهُ
لمَّاwhen رأىsaw عنْدَناamong us الحُكَّامَthe rulers قَدْalready جَارُواacted unjustly
لمَّا رأى عنْدَنا الحُكَّامَ قَدْ جَارُوا
Gray hair wronged my head and changed it,
When it saw that the rulers among us had acted unjustly.
كَأنَّماas though جُنَّwent mad لَيْلٌa night فيin مَفارِقِهِits hair-partings
كَأنَّما جُنَّ لَيْلٌ في مَفارِقِهِ
فَاعْتاقَهُso restrained it مِنْfrom بَياضِwhiteness الصُّبحِthe dawn إِسْفارُradiance
فَاعْتاقَهُ مِنْ بَياضِ الصُّبحِ إِسْفارُ
As though a night had gone mad in its hair-partings,
So a gleam from the whiteness of dawn restrained it.
Sol 6.1