أَيّا خَاضِبَ الشَّيْبِ حَتَّى مَتَى

تُسَوّدُهُ وَهْوَ يَسْتَعْبِدُكْ

O you who dye your hair with henna, for how long

Will you enslave yourself to it,

وَمَا حَاجَةٌ لِشبابٍ غَدَتْ

تُسَوِّدُ وَجْهَكَ فيهِ يَدُكْ

When you have no need for youthfulness that

Stains your face with your own hand.