1. بدت شيبة كالنجم في ليل لمتي

    وأي اهتداء في الدياجي بلا نجم

    A gray hair appeared like a star in the night of my locks.

    And what guidance is there in the darkness without a star?

  2. وما الشعرات السود عندي دجنة

    وبالليل تبدو بهجة القمر التم

    And to me the black hairs are no gloom;

    and at night the beauty of the full moon appears.

  3. تمتع بأيام الشباب فإنها

    مطايا مغذ الحزم في السهل والحزم

    Enjoy the days of youth, for they are

    mounts for one hastening with resolve across level and rugged ground.

  4. فإني رأيت الحب من حيلة الفتى

    وبئس لباس الهم للعاجز الهم

    For I have seen love as part of a young man's resourcefulness,

    and wretched is the garb of worry for the helpless, decrepit old man.

  5. إذا ما انحنى عود الصبا صحب الدمى

    مخافة بين صحبة القوس للسهم

    When youth's bough bends, he keeps company with statue-like beauties,

    for fear of parting, as the bow keeps company with the arrow.