فاجاكَtook you by surprise مِنfrom وَفدِthe delegation of المَشيبِgray hair نَذيرُa warning herald
فاجاكَ مِن وَفدِ المَشيبِ نَذيرُ
وَالدَهرُand time مِنamong أَخلاقِهِits traits التَغييرُchange
وَالدَهرُ مِن أَخلاقِهِ التَغييرُ
A warning herald from gray hair’s delegation has taken you by surprise;
And change is one of Time’s traits.
فَسَوادُso the blackness of رَأسِكَyour head فيamid البَياضِthe whiteness كَأَنَّهُas though it were
فَسَوادُ رَأسِكَ في البَياضِ كَأَنَّهُ
لَيلٌa night تدِبُّcreep نُجومُهُits stars وَتَسيرُand move along
لَيلٌ تدِبُّ نُجومُهُ وَتَسيرُ
So the blackness of your head amid the white is like
A night whose stars creep and move along.
Sol 6.1