وَمِمّن يشيبُ الدّهرُ يَأخذُ ثَأرَهُ

وَمِمّن يشيبُ الدّهرُ يَأخذُ ثَأرَهُ

يَقولُ لَهُ قَولاً بِهِ يَتَهَتَّكُ

يَقولُ لَهُ قَولاً بِهِ يَتَهَتَّكُ

And from whoever grows gray, Time exacts its revenge,

And Time takes its revenge on whoever grows gray,

saying to him, in mockery:

Addressing him with words of brazen mockery:

عَلى ذَقنِكَ الشّيب اِغتَدى الآنَ ضاحِكاً

عَلى ذَقنِكَ الشّيب اِغتَدى الآنَ ضاحِكاً

وَكانَ عَلى ذَقني شبابكَ يَضحكُ

وَكانَ عَلى ذَقني شبابكَ يَضحكُ

“Upon your chin, gray hair has now dawned, laughing,

Gray hair is now laughing upon your chin,

while once your youth laughed upon my chin.”

And your youth once laughed upon my chin.