إذا دام للمرء السوادُ ولم تَدُمْ

غَضارتُهُ ظنَّ السوادَ خضابا

If a man's black hair endures though his freshness fades away,

He fancies the blackness is dye to make old age gay.

فكيف يظنُّ الشيخُ أن خضابَهُ

يُظَّنُّ سواداً أو يُخالُ شَبابا

How comes it the old man fancies the dye on his hair

Can make people believe he is young, and drive off gray hair?