الشَيبُ مِن بَعدِ الصِبا

الشَيبُ مِن بَعدِ الصِبا

كَالفَقرِ مِن بَعدِ الغِنى

كَالفَقرِ مِن بَعدِ الغِنى

Gray hair after youth

Old age after youth

is like poverty after wealth.

Is like poverty after wealth

فَسَبيلُ مِن أَضحى نَها

فَسَبيلُ مِن أَضحى نَها

راً مِن عِذارَيهِ الدُجى

راً مِن عِذارَيهِ الدُجى

So the course for one in whom day-

So my path now that night has fallen

light has replaced the darkness of his sideburns

Is lighted only by piety's lamps

أَلا يُرى مُتَعَلِّقاً

أَلا يُرى مُتَعَلِّقاً

إِلّا بِأَسبابِ التُقى

إِلّا بِأَسبابِ التُقى

is not to be seen clinging

Behold me clinging

except to the bonds of piety.

To naught but godliness's robes