ما زِلتُ أقلعُ شيبةً نسختْ بها

سوداءُ عقدُ شبابها مفسوخ

I still pluck out each gray hair imprinted

by the unraveling of my youth's dark braid,

حتَّى غدت صفحات وجهي آيةً

لا ناسخ فيها ولا منسوخ

until my face became verses in which

no text is erased, and none copied.