1. أنكرتْ شيبي فصدَّتْ ونأتْ

    قلتُ إنَّ المالَ للشيبِ دوا

    She disapproved of my gray hair, so she turned away and withdrew.

    I said, “Indeed, wealth is a cure for gray hair.”

  2. قالتِ اسكتْ إنما الشيبُ عمى

    فبياضُ العينِ والشعرِ سوا

    She said, “Be quiet! Gray hair is nothing but blindness,

    for whiteness of the eye and of the hair are alike.”