قد شاب شارُب من أُحبّ فجَاز لِي

بل قد تَعيَّن أَن أَكون مُتَيَّما

My beloved's hair has become grey, so it is allowed for me

Rather, it has become certain that I must become devoted

ما زالَ مُنْتَهباً لأَلحاظِ الوَرَى

والآن فرَّ من المَشيبِ إِلى حِمَى

It continues to be ravished by people's glances

And now it has fled from grey hair to protect itself

ظنوا ملاحَتَه ذَوتْ فجميعُهم

إِلاَّ أَنا قد عَادَ أَعْمى أَبْكَمَا

They thought its beauty had faded, so they all

Except me, who has become blind and mute

من كان مُفْتَناً بليلِ عِذاره

أَيصدّ عنه حينَ أَطْلَعَ أَنْجُمَا

Whoever was infatuated with the night of her coyness

Would he turn away when the stars shine?

ما شاب عن كِبَرٍ ولكن شَيْبهُ

من ماءِ ورد الريقِ مَع مِسْكِ اللَّمَى

It did not become grey from old age, but his greyness

Is from the water of rose and the musk of the beloved's saliva

لا يستوي شَيْبي وشيبُ مُعَذِّبي

هَذاكَ من ريٍّ وهَذَا مِنْ ظما

My greyness is not like the greyness of those who torment me

That is from ease, while this is from anguish