نظَرتshe looked at مُبيضَّthe whitened part فَوديmy temples فَبَكَتْso she wept
نظَرت مُبيضَّ فَودي فَبَكَتْ
ثمَّthen قالتshe said ماwhat الّذيthat which بَعديin my absence عَرَاهُbefell it
ثمَّ قالت ما الّذي بَعدي عَرَاهُ
She looked at the white hair at my temples and wept.
Then she said, "What has befallen it in my absence?"
قُلتُI said هَذيthis صِبغَةُdye اللّهِGod ومَنand who
قُلتُ هَذي صِبغَةُ اللّهِ ومَن
يصبُغُdyes الأسوَدَthe black مبيضّاًwhite سِواهُother than Him
يصبُغُ الأسوَدَ مبيضّاً سِواهُ
I said, "This is God's dye; and who
can dye black white except Him?"
Sol 6.1