غيرyet أَنّيthat I امرؤa man أَعممI am turbaned with حلماًforbearance
غير أَنّي امرؤ أَعمم حلماً
يكرهabhors الجهلfolly والصباand youthful frivolity أَمثاليmen like me
يكره الجهل والصبا أَمثالي
Yet I am a man turbaned with forbearance;
Yet I'm a man who dreams wise dreams,
Men like me abhor folly and youthful frivolity.
disliking ignorance and youths like me.
وَيُلامand is blamed الكبيرthe elder إِنif هوhe يوماًone day
وَيُلام الكبير إِن هو يوماً
راجعreturns to الجهلfolly بعدafter شيبthe greying of القذالِthe back of the head
راجع الجهل بعد شيب القذالِ
And an elder is blamed if one day he
Reproach awaits the elder if one day
Returns to folly after the hair at the back of his head has greyed.
he reverts to ignorance after the foolishness of youth.
Sol 6.1