تبسَّم الشيب بذقن الفتى

تبسَّم الشيب بذقن الفتى

يوجب سحّ الدَّمع من جفنه

يوجب سحّ الدَّمع من جفنه

Gray hair smiled on the young man's chin,

The old man's beard smiles at the young man's chin

causing tears to pour from his eyelid.

Bringing tears that overflow from his eyes

حسب الفتى بعد الصبا ذلَّة

حسب الفتى بعد الصبا ذلَّة

أن يضحك الشيب على ذقنه

أن يضحك الشيب على ذقنه

It is humiliation enough for a young man, after youth,

After youth, the young man feels degraded

that gray hair should laugh upon his chin.

That old age laughs at his beard