تحاكَمْنَا إِلى نُوَبِ الليالي

على رغمِ الصِّبَا أنا والمشيبُ

We appealed to the turns of nights,

Despite my youth and grey hairs, me and old age.

فقد شهِدتْ له بالزور بِيضٌ

طوالِعُ في عِذاري لا تغيبُ

For it has falsely testified for him, dawns

Rising in my chastity that do not set.

وقام بنُصرتِي والذَبِّ عَنِّي

سِنِيَّ وعهدُ مولديَ القريبُ

And my oldness and my recent birth have undertaken my support and defense,

And I have returned while an injustice was imposed upon me,

وعدتُ وقد قضَيْنَ عليَّ جَوراً

لِشيبي والصِّبَا غَضٌّ قشِيبُ

For my greyness and fresh youth, a wrathful young man.

And whoever returns to the judges regarding what undressed him,

ومن يرجِعْ إِلى الحُكَّامِ فيما

عراهُ فهو يغنَمُ أو يَخِيبُ

Either profits or loses.