يا أَيُّها الرجلُ المُسَوِّدُ شيبَهُ

يا أَيُّها الرجلُ المُسَوِّدُ شيبَهُ

كيما يُعَدُّ بهِ من الشُّبانِ

كيما يُعَدُّ بهِ من الشُّبانِ

O man who blackens your gray hair,

O man who blackens his gray hair,

so that by it you may be reckoned among the young,

So that he may thereby be counted among young men,

أقصِرْ فلوْ سوَّدْتَ كل حمامةٍ

أقصِرْ فلوْ سوَّدْتَ كل حمامةٍ

بيضاءَ ما عُدَّتْ من الغِرْبان

بيضاءَ ما عُدَّتْ من الغِرْبان

desist—for even if you blackened every dove,

Desist! For even if you blackened every dove

white though it was, it would not be reckoned among the ravens.

That was white, it would not be counted among crows.