أَلاtake heed! إِنَّindeed وَهنَfrailty الشَيبِgray hair فيكَwithin you لَمُسرِعٌsurely hastening
أَلا إِنَّ وَهنَ الشَيبِ فيكَ لَمُسرِعٌ
وَأَنتَwhile you تَصابىplay the youth دائِباًunceasingly لَستَyou are not تُقلِعُdesisting
وَأَنتَ تَصابى دائِباً لَستَ تُقلِعُ
Take heed: the frailty of gray hair is advancing swiftly within you,
yet you persist in playing the youth and do not desist.
سَتُصبِحُyou will become يَوماًone day ماsome unspecified مِنَamong الناسِthe people كُلِّهِمall of them
سَتُصبِحُ يَوماً ما مِنَ الناسِ كُلِّهِم
وَحَبلُكَand your cord مَبتوتُsevered القُوىthe strands مُتَقَطِّعِbroken apart
وَحَبلُكَ مَبتوتُ القُوى مُتَقَطِّعِ
One day you will find yourself, among all mankind,
with your cord's strands severed, the cord broken apart.
فَلِلَّهِso, by God! بَيتُthe house الهَجرِof abandonment لَوif قَدalready سَكَنتَهُyou dwelt in it
فَلِلَّهِ بَيتُ الهَجرِ لَو قَد سَكَنتَهُ
لَوُدِّعتَyou would surely be bid farewell تَوديعَthe farewell of امرِئٍa man لَيسَis not يَرجِعِreturning
لَوُدِّعتَ تَوديعَ امرِئٍ لَيسَ يَرجِعِ
By God, the house of abandonment! Were you to dwell in it,
you would be bid farewell as a man who will not return.
Translation model: Sol 6.1