وَلَّى الشّبابُ وَجاءَ الشّيبُ يَتبَعُهُ

وَلَّى الشّبابُ وَجاءَ الشّيبُ يَتبَعُهُ

يَسري مُجدّاً بِلا ساقٍ وَلا قدمِ

يَسري مُجدّاً بِلا ساقٍ وَلا قدمِ

Youth has departed, and gray hair has come in its wake.

Youth has passed and old age has come following it

It spreads swiftly, with neither leg nor foot.

Proceeding gloriously without leg or foot

في عارِضَيَّ سَرى شَيبي وَلا عَجبٌ

في عارِضَيَّ سَرى شَيبي وَلا عَجبٌ

فَقَد سَرى الصّبحُ في داجٍ مِنَ الظُّلَمِ

فَقَد سَرى الصّبحُ في داجٍ مِنَ الظُّلَمِ

My gray hair has spread along both sides of my face—and no wonder:

On my temples strode my grey hair, and no wonder!

For dawn has indeed spread through a dark expanse of gloom.

For the dawn has strode in the darkness of night