لَها عَن صِلَة البيضِ

لَها عَن صِلَة البيضِ

نَذيرٌ لِذَوي العَقلِ

نَذيرٌ لِذَوي العَقلِ

They bear, against union with fair women,

He turned away from intimacy with fair-skinned women;

It has, about the whiteness of an egg,

a warning for those endowed with reason—

a warning for those of sound judgment:

A warning to the sensible

مَصابيحُ مَشيبٍ وَ

مَصابيحُ مَشيبٍ وَ

سَمَتني سِمَة الكَهل

سَمَتني سِمَة الكَهل

the lamps of gray hair; and they have

lamps of gray hair that

Lamps of old age, and

branded me with the badge of middle age.

branded me with the mark of middle age.

I was characterized by the mark of an old man

وَعَهدي بَرَبيباتٍ

وَعَهدي بَرَبيباتٍ

مِلاحِ الدَلّ والشَكل

مِلاحِ الدَلّ والشَكل

I remember sheltered maidens,

And I remember sheltered maidens,

And my time of having mistresses

lovely in coquettish charm and form;

lovely in their coquettish charm and appearance;

With the wit and the figure

إِذا جِئتُ يُرَقّعنَ ال

إِذا جِئتُ يُرَقّعنَ ال

كوى بِالأعيُن النُجل

كوى بِالأعيُن النُجل

whenever I came, they would patch the

when I came, they would patch the

When I come, they mend

window openings with their wide, lovely eyes.

window openings with their wide eyes.

Yearning with dewy eyes