أنكرتْ شيبي فصدتْ ونأتْ

قلتُ إنَّ المالَ للشيبِ دوا

She denied my gray hair so I turned away

I said: Money is a remedy for gray hair

قالتِ اسكتْ إنما الشيبُ عمى

فبياضُ العينِ والشيبُ سوا

She said: Hush! Gray hair is but blindness

The whiteness of the eye and gray hair are equal