يَوَدُّ أَنَّ شَيبَهُ
إِذ جاءَ لا يَنصَرِفُ
He wishes that his gray hair,
once it comes, will not depart:
يَخلُفُ رَيعانُ الصِبا
وَالمَوتُ مِنهُ خَلِفُ
it succeeds youth’s first bloom,
and death is its successor.
Sol 5.6
يَوَدُّ أَنَّ شَيبَهُ
إِذ جاءَ لا يَنصَرِفُ
He wishes that his gray hair,
once it comes, will not depart:
يَخلُفُ رَيعانُ الصِبا
وَالمَوتُ مِنهُ خَلِفُ
it succeeds youth’s first bloom,
and death is its successor.
Sol 5.6