إذا كان البياضُ لباسَ حُزْنٍ

إذا كان البياضُ لباسَ حُزْنٍ

بأندلُسٍ فذاكَ من الصَّوابِ

بأندلُسٍ فذاكَ من الصَّوابِ

If white is the garb of mourning

If white is the garb of mourning

If whiteness is the garb of mourning

in al-Andalus, then that is only fitting,

in al-Andalus, then that is fitting.

In Al-Andalus, then that is rightly so;

ألم تَرَني لبستُ بياضَ شيبِي

ألم تَرَني لبستُ بياضَ شيبِي

لأَنِّي قد حزِنتُ على الشَّبابِ

لأَنِّي قد حزِنتُ على الشَّبابِ

have you not seen me don the white of my gray hair?

Have you not seen me don the whiteness of my gray hair

Do you not see me clad in the white of hoary hair,

For I have indeed mourned my youth.

because I have mourned my youth?

For I have mourned the loss of youth?