يا خاضِبَ الشَيبِ بِالحِنّاءِ تَستُرهُ

سَلِ المَليكَ لَهُ سَتراً مِنَ النارِ

O you who dye your grey hair with henna to conceal it

Ask the King to provide you a veil of fire

لَن يَرحَلَ الشَيبُ عَن دارٍ أَلَمَّ بِها

حَتّى يُرَحَّلَ عَنها صاحِبَ الدارِ

Grey hair will not depart from a house it has afflicted

Until the master of the house departs from it