رَأَتshe saw طالِعاًan emerging strand لِلشَيبِof gray hair أَغفَلتُI neglected أَمرَهُits care
رَأَت طالِعاً لِلشَيبِ أَغفَلتُ أَمرَهُ
وَلَمand did not تَتَعَهَّدهُtend to it أَكُفُّthe hands الخَواضِبِof the hair-dyers
وَلَم تَتَعَهَّدهُ أَكُفُّ الخَواضِبِ
She saw an emerging strand of gray hair that I had neglected.
Nor had the hands of hair-dyers tended it.
فَقالَتso she said أَشَيبٌis it gray hair? ماwhat أَرىI see قُلتُشامَةٌI said: a beauty mark
فَقالَت أَشَيبٌ ما أَرى قُلتُشامَةٌ
فَقالَتso she said لَقَدindeed شانَتكَit has marred you عِندَin the eyes of الحَبائِبِthe sweethearts
فَقالَت لَقَد شانَتكَ عِندَ الحَبائِبِ
She said, "Is what I see gray hair?" I said, "A beauty mark."
She said, "It has indeed marred you in the eyes of sweethearts."
Sol 6.1