كايَدَنيplayed a trick on me دهْرِيmy time فيin طُرَّتيmy forelock
كايَدَني دهْرِي في طُرَّتي
بِشَيْبَةٍwith a gray hair ألْبَسَنيclothed me in عارَهَاits shame
بِشَيْبَةٍ ألْبَسَني عارَهَا
Time played a trick on me in my forelock,
My life has clad me in my prime
with a gray hair whose shame it made me wear,
With a grey garment of disgrace.
وفَجَعُand dismayed البيضَthe fair-skinned women بهاwith it قبلbefore أنthat
وفَجَعُ البيضَ بها قبل أن
تَقْضِيfulfill المَهَاthe oryx (beautiful women) منِّيfrom me أوطارَهاtheir desires
تَقْضِي المَهَا منِّي أوطارَها
and with it dismayed the fair women before
Before the whiteness could depart
the oryx-like beauties could fulfill their desires with me.
My hair proclaimed its resting place.
فصرتُso I became لاnot أغفلُI neglect عنregarding سَتْرِهاconcealing it
فصرتُ لا أغفلُ عن سَتْرِها
وكنتُand I used to لاnot أغْفَلI neglect إظْهارَهَاdisplaying it
وكنتُ لا أغْفَل إظْهارَهَا
So now I never neglect to conceal it,
So now I am ever covering it,
whereas once I never neglected to display it.
Though once I kept showing it off.
Sol 6.1