لاَNo وَشَبَابِيby my youth وَلَذَاذَاتِهِand its delights
لاَ وَشَبَابِي وَلَذَاذَاتِهِ
مَاnot الشَّيْبُgray hair إلاَّbut بَرَصُvitiligo الشَّعْرِthe hair
مَا الشَّيْبُ إلاَّ بَرَصُ الشَّعْرِ
No, by my youth and its delights,
No, not my youth nor its pleasures,
Gray hair is nothing but vitiligo of the hair.
Gray hair is but leprosy of the hair.
لَيْلُnight شَبَابِيmy youth شَانَهُmarred it فَجْرُهُits dawn
لَيْلُ شَبَابِي شَانَهُ فَجْرُهُ
يَاOh حُسْنُهُits beauty كَانَwas بِلاَwithout فَجْرِa dawn
يَا حُسْنُهُ كَانَ بِلاَ فَجْرِ
The night of my youth was marred by its dawn.
The night of my youth was like its dawn,
Oh, how lovely it was without a dawn!
Oh, its beauty without a dawn!
هُمَاthe two of them لِبَاسَانِtwo garments فَمَنْso whoever يُبْلَis given to wear ذَاthis one
هُمَا لِبَاسَانِ فَمَنْ يُبْلَ ذَا
يَرْدُدْreturns بِهِwith it عَارِيَةَthe loan الدَّهْرِof Time
يَرْدُدْ بِهِ عَارِيَةَ الدَّهْرِ
They are two garments; whoever is given this one
They are two garments, so who can wear
Returns with it Time's loan.
And rend the nakedness of time?
والشَّيْبُand gray hair لاَnot تُسْلِمُsurrender أَثْوَابُهُits garments
والشَّيْبُ لاَ تُسْلِمُ أَثْوَابُهُ
لاَبِسَهَاtheir wearer إِلاَّexcept إِلَىto القَبْرِthe grave
لاَبِسَهَا إِلاَّ إِلَى القَبْرِ
And gray hair—its garments do not surrender
Gray hair does not surrender its clothes
Their wearer except to the grave.
To its wearer save to the grave.
Sol 6.1