لا تَلُمني عَلى اِجتِنابي لِلكا

س رُوَيداً فَما عَلَيَّ ملام

Blame me not for shunning the company of men,

No blame is mine in this.

ما تَرى الشَيب فضة في عذاري

سَبَكتهُ بِنارِها الأَيام

You see not silver in the locks of my dark hair

Which time's burning touch has wrought.