ظننتُ أنَّ مشيبي

ظننتُ أنَّ مشيبي

يصدُّني عنْ هواها

يصدُّني عنْ هواها

I thought that my gray hair

I thought my grey hair

would deter me from loving her.

Would stop me loving her;

فما نهاني مشيبي

فما نهاني مشيبي

عنها ولكنْ نهاها

عنها ولكنْ نهاها

But my gray hair did not deter me

But my grey hair failed to stop me,

from her—but it deterred her.

Rather, it was she who stopped.