يا لابِسَ الوَشيِ عَلى شَيبِهِ

ما أَقبَحَ الأَشيَبَ في الداحِ

O you who dons rags over your grey hair

How ugly is grey hair amid the black

لَو شِئتَ أَيضاً جُلتَ في خامَةٍ

وَفي وِشاحَينِ وَأَوضاحِ

If you wish, dye yourself with dye

And with drapes and pillows alike

كَم مِن عَظيمِ القَدرِ في نَفسِهِ

قَد نامَ في جُبَّةِ مَلّاحِ

Many a man of high rank in himself

Has slept in a salt merchant's gown