إذا سالَ وادي الشيب في مفرقِ الفتى
وقنعَ منهُ عمةَ المتلثمِ
When the valley of gray hair flows through a young man’s parting,
and from it wraps him in the turban of a face-veiled man,
فيا قبح ما تحكي المراةُ لعينه
ويا بعدهُ من كل عيشٍ ومنعم
what ugliness the mirror reveals to his eye!
And how far removed he is from every pleasant life and comfort!
Sol 5.6