اِنعم بِها لحيةً شَقراء سوَّدها

اِنعم بِها لحيةً شَقراء سوَّدها

هَذا الخضاب فَأَمسى فَجرها غَسَقا

هَذا الخضاب فَأَمسى فَجرها غَسَقا

How fine a blond beard it is, blackened by

With it, a blond beard was blessed, which this dye

this dye, so its dawn became dusk.

Has darkened, so its dawn has become dusk.

لا بدعَ لَو سَتَر التسويد شقرتها

لا بدعَ لَو سَتَر التسويد شقرتها

فَإِنّ جنح الدياجي يَسترُ الشَفَقا

فَإِنّ جنح الدياجي يَسترُ الشَفَقا

No wonder if the blackening conceals its blondness,

It would be no wonder, if the blackening concealed its blondness,

for the wing of dark nights conceals the twilight glow.

For the wings of night conceal the sunset glow.