يَقول لي الشَيب لِما رَأى

وَلَوعى بِقدّ وَخدّ وجيد

Gray hair says to me when it saw

My suffering due to my cheek, jaw, and forehead:

تُريد من الغانِيات الوِصال

وَشَيبُك يَنهاك عَمّا تَريد

"You want intimacy with singing girls,

Yet your gray hair prohibits you from what you desire."