1. إذا شاب شَعْرُ المَرْءِ قَلَّ سُرورُه

    وزَارتْه مِن وَفْدِ الهمومِ المَصائبُ

    When a man's hair turns gray, his joy dwindles,

    And calamities visit him from the delegation of cares;

  2. وشَابَ قَذَى الأكْدارِ صَفْوَ حَياتِهِ

    فمِن أجْلِ هذا قِيل للمَرْءِ شائبُ

    And the grit of troubles clouds the clarity of his life—

    So for this reason a man is called “gray-haired.”