أنكرتْ شيبي فصدَّتْ ونأتْ

قلتُ إنَّ المالَ للشيبِ دوا

She denied my old age so I was repelled

I said: Money is a remedy for old age

قالتِ اسكتْ إنما الشيبُ عمى

فبياضُ العينِ والشعرِ سوا

She said: Hush! Old age is but blindness

The whiteness of hair and sight are equal