وَلَقَدْ تَلَقَّيْتُ الصَّباحَ بِمِثْلِهِ

وَلَقَدْ تَلَقَّيْتُ الصَّباحَ بِمِثْلِهِ

لا بَلْ بِأَشْرَقَ مِنْهُ في لأْلائِهِ

لا بَلْ بِأَشْرَقَ مِنْهُ في لأْلائِهِ

And indeed I greeted the morning with its equal,

I greeted the morning in the same way

No, rather, with one brighter than it in its radiance.

No, but more radiant in its splendor

وَرَضِيتُ مِنْ وَصْلِ الحَبيبِ وبُعْدِهِ

وَرَضِيتُ مِنْ وَصْلِ الحَبيبِ وبُعْدِهِ

بِدُنُوِّ مَنْزِلِهِ وَطُولِ جَفائِهِ

بِدُنُوِّ مَنْزِلِهِ وَطُولِ جَفائِهِ

And I was content, instead of union with the beloved and his distance,

And I was content with the union of the beloved and his distance

With his dwelling's nearness and his prolonged coldness.

With the nearness of his abode and the length of his disdain

وَسَمِعْتُ عَذْلَ عَواذِلي لَمّا مَشَى

وَسَمِعْتُ عَذْلَ عَواذِلي لَمّا مَشَى

إِصْباحُ هَذا الشَيْبِ في إِمْسَائِهِ

إِصْباحُ هَذا الشَيْبِ في إِمْسَائِهِ

And I heard my reproachers' rebuke when there walked

And I heard the reproach of reproachers when he walked away

The dawn of this gray hair through its dusk.

This grey morning in its evening

سَأَعودُ في غَيِّ الشَّبابِ وإِنْ غَدا

سَأَعودُ في غَيِّ الشَّبابِ وإِنْ غَدا

رُشْدُ المَشِيبِ مُقَنِّعي بِرِدَائِهِ

رُشْدُ المَشِيبِ مُقَنِّعي بِرِدَائِهِ

I shall return to youth's folly, even though now

I will return to the folly of youth tomorrow

The wisdom of gray hair veils me with its cloak.

Though the wisdom of old age disguises me in its cloak