لقد قَدَح الشيبُ في جانِبي

وأَثَّر ما ليس بالواجِبِ

Gray hair has struck my temple

And affected what was not necessary

أتانيَ عندَ تولِّى الشباب

فُلقِّبت بالأَشْمَط الشائب

It came to me as youth was leaving

So I was nicknamed gray-haired young man

فلما تظلَّمتُ من فعله

وضِقتُ به قال لي صاحبي

When I complained about its act

And was annoyed by it, my friend said to me

لقد غَضَّ منك فهَلاّ لبستَ

علىرغمه حُلَّةَ الخاضِب

It diminished you so why not wear

The garb of the youthful despite it

فقلت الشبابُ على صدقه

يَخون فما الظنُّ بالكاذب

So I said youth in its sincerity

Betrays, so what to expect from the liar