شَبابي فأَضحَى لِلشَّبابِ حَفيظَةً

لِمَن كانَ عَن طُولِ الغِوايَةِ نازِعا

My youth has become the guardian of youth

For one who strove against a long delusion.

فَلِلَّهِ ما قَد كانَ بَعدَ ذَهابِهِ

وبَعدَ قِناعِ الشَّيبِ ما لَيسَ نافِعا

So God bless what has passed after its going,

And, grey-haired, what is no longer of use.