لا تَطلُبي مِنِّيَ الشّباب فما

لا تَطلُبي مِنِّيَ الشّباب فما

عندي شبابٌ والشّيبُ قد وفَدا

عندي شبابٌ والشّيبُ قد وفَدا

Do not ask youth of me, for

Do not ask me for youth, for

my youth is no longer with me, and gray age has arrived.

I have no youth, and gray hair has arrived.

أَينَ شَبابي وَقد أنَفْتُ على ال

أَينَ شَبابي وَقد أنَفْتُ على ال

ستّينَ ستّاً وجُزتُها عدَدا

ستّينَ ستّاً وجُزتُها عدَدا

Where is my youth, now that I have spent, beyond the—

Where is my youth, when I have exceeded

sixty, six more years, and passed it in count?

sixty by six, and surpassed that count?

فمنْ بغى عندِيَ البشاشة واللّه

فمنْ بغى عندِيَ البشاشة واللّه

وَ وبعض النّشاطِ ما وجدا

وَ وبعض النّشاطِ ما وجدا

Whoever sought good cheer in me—by God—

So whoever sought in me cheerfulness and amusement

he found neither it nor even a little vigor.

and some vigor found none.

فقد مضى من يدِي وفارقنِي

فقد مضى من يدِي وفارقنِي

ما لا أراهُ براجعِ أبدا

ما لا أراهُ براجعِ أبدا

For gone from my hand, and parted from me,

For there has passed from my hand and left me

is what I shall never see return.

what I shall never see return.