خضّبْتُهاI dyed it بعْدَماafter لاحَappeared المشيبُgray hair وقدْand already
خضّبْتُها بعْدَما لاحَ المشيبُ وقدْ
جوّزْتُI deemed possible فيin العَقْلِreason كتْمَconcealing الصُبْحdawn بالغَبَشِwith the predawn gloom
جوّزْتُ في العَقْلِ كتْمَ الصُبْح بالغَبَشِ
I dyed it after gray hair appeared, having
I dyed it after the gray hair appeared, and I
deemed it rationally possible to conceal dawn with the predawn gloom.
Concealed the dawn in my mind with dust.
فاضَoverflowed البياضُthe whiteness علَىin رغْمِspite of السّوادِthe blackness بهاin it
فاضَ البياضُ علَى رغْمِ السّوادِ بها
ويرْشَحُand seeps الدّمْعُthe tears تحْتَbeneath الكُحْلِthe kohl فيin العَمَشِbleariness
ويرْشَحُ الدّمْعُ تحْتَ الكُحْلِ في العَمَشِ
Whiteness overflowed in it despite the blackness,
The whiteness overflowed despite the blackness in it.
and tears seep beneath the kohl in bleary eyes.
And tears flow under the kohl in the eyelids.
Sol 6.1