حيلَةُ الشَيبِ في عِذاري تَلوحُ

وَفُؤادي في الغَيِّ بَعدُ جَموحُ

The trick of grey hair hints in my excuses

And my heart after that is still impassioned

قَبُحَت شِيَّةُ المَشيبِ كَما أَن

نَ الخِضابَ الكُميتَ أَيضاً قَبيحُ

The appearance of white hair is as ugly as

The dyeing with henna is also ugly

ذا شَبابٌ مُلَفَّقٌ لَيسَ يَخفى

وَمَضى ذَلِكَ الشَبابُ الصَحيحُ

This is fabricated youth that does not hide

And that genuine youth has passed