بياضكyour whiteness ياO لونcolor المشيبِgray hair سوادُblackness
بياضك يا لون المشيبِ سوادُ
وَسُقمُكand your sickness سقمٌa sickness لاnot يكادُcomes close to يُعادُbe visited as a patient
وَسُقمُك سقمٌ لا يكادُ يُعادُ
Your whiteness, O color of gray hair, is blackness.
And your sickness is one whose sufferer is scarcely visited.
فقَدfor indeed صِرتُI have become مَكروهاًloathed علىon account of الشّيبِgray hair بَعدَماafter
فقَد صِرتُ مَكروهاً على الشّيبِ بَعدَما
عَمِرْتُI have lived long وماand not عندwith المشيبِgray hair أُرادُI am desired
عَمِرْتُ وما عند المشيبِ أُرادُ
For I have become loathed for my gray hair, after
I have lived long; with gray hair, I am not desired.
فلِيso for me منfrom قلوبِhearts الغانياتِbeautiful women ملالةٌweariness
فلِي من قلوبِ الغانياتِ ملالةٌ
وليand for me منfrom صلاحِvirtue الغانياتِbeautiful women فسادُruin
ولي من صلاحِ الغانياتِ فسادُ
So the hearts of beautiful women are weary of me,
And the virtue of beautiful women is my ruin.
وَماand not ليfor me نَصيبٌa share بَينهنّamong them (women) وَلَيسَand there is not ليfor me
وَما لي نَصيبٌ بَينهنّ وَلَيسَ لي
إذاwhen هنّthey (women) زوّدنthey supply with provisions الأحبّةَthe beloved ones زادُprovisions
إذا هنّ زوّدن الأحبّةَ زادُ
And I have no share among them, nor do I have
Any provisions when they provision their lovers.
وَماand not الشّيبُgray hair إلّاexcept توأَمُthe twin الموتِdeath للفتىfor a young man
وَما الشّيبُ إلّا توأَمُ الموتِ للفتى
وعيشُand the life امرئٍof a man بعدafter المشيبِgraying جهادُa struggle
وعيشُ امرئٍ بعد المشيبِ جهادُ
And gray hair is nothing but death's twin for a young man,
And a man's life after his hair turns gray is a struggle.
Sol 6.1