دَع مَن يَنقِّي الشيبَ مِن وَجهِهِ

دَع مَن يَنقِّي الشيبَ مِن وَجهِهِ

إِن شاءَ في الجُمعَةِ أَو في الخَميسْ

إِن شاءَ في الجُمعَةِ أَو في الخَميسْ

Leave be the one who clears the gray from his face,

Leave alone whoever removes the gray hair from his face,

if he wishes, on Friday or on Thursday.

if he wishes, on Friday or on Thursday.

فَلَيسَ مِن ذَلِكَ عَتبٌ وَلا

فَلَيسَ مِن ذَلِكَ عَتبٌ وَلا

ما يَتَعافاهُ ظِرافُ النُفوس

ما يَتَعافاهُ ظِرافُ النُفوس

For there is no blame in that, nor

For there is no reproach in that, nor

anything refined souls would shrink from.

anything that refined souls would shun.

لا بَأسَ إِن عاجَ بِمُقراضِهِ

لا بَأسَ إِن عاجَ بِمُقراضِهِ

يُقَلِّعُ العاجَ مِنَ الآبَنوس

يُقَلِّعُ العاجَ مِنَ الآبَنوس

No harm if he plies his shears,

There is no harm if he sets to work with his scissors,

uprooting ivory from ebony.

plucking the ivory from the ebony.