لم أبكِ أن رحلَ الشبابُ وإنما

لم أبكِ أن رحلَ الشبابُ وإنما

أبكى لأنْ يتقاربْ الميعادُ

أبكى لأنْ يتقاربْ الميعادُ

I did not weep because youth had departed, but rather

I do not weep because youth has departed

I weep because the appointed time draws near.

But I weep because the time of departure draws near

شَعرُ الفتى أوراقُه فإذا ذوَى

شَعرُ الفتى أوراقُه فإذا ذوَى

جَفَّت على آثاره الأعوادُ

جَفَّت على آثاره الأعوادُ

A young man's hair is his leaves; and when it withers,

The hair of a young man is like leaves, and when it withers

The branches dry up in its wake.

The branches above its traces dry up