قل للمُسوِّد حينَ شيَّبَ هكذا

قل للمُسوِّد حينَ شيَّبَ هكذا

غِشُّ الغواني في الهوى إيّاكا

غِشُّ الغواني في الهوى إيّاكا

Tell the man who dyes his hair black after going gray: this is how

Tell the one with the graying hair this:

the beauties deceive you in love.

The deception of beautiful women in love, beware of it

هيهات غرَّك أن يُقال غرائرٌ

هيهات غرَّك أن يُقال غرائرٌ

أيُّ الدُّهاةِ كدهْيَهنَّ دهاكا

أيُّ الدُّهاةِ كدهْيَهنَّ دهاكا

Far from it! You were fooled by their being called guileless.

Alas, you were fooled into thinking they were virtuous

Which schemer has outwitted you as their cunning has?

Which of the deceivers besieged you like this?

لا تحسبَنْك خدعتهنَّ بخُدعةٍ

لا تحسبَنْك خدعتهنَّ بخُدعةٍ

بل أنت ويْحك خادَعَتْك مُناكا

بل أنت ويْحك خادَعَتْك مُناكا

Do not think you have deceived them with a trick;

Do not think you deceived them with cunning

Rather, you—alas for you!—have been deceived by your hopes.

Rather, you poor soul, they deceived you completely

كذب الغوانيَ في سواد عذاره

كذب الغوانيَ في سواد عذاره

فكذبْنَه في وُدّهن كذاكا

فكذبْنَه في وُدّهن كذاكا

He lied to the beauties about the blackness of his side-whiskers;

The beautiful women lied in their dark plots

So they likewise lied to him about their affection.

So lie to them in your love just the same