يَوَدُّhe wishes أَنَّthat شَيبَهُhis gray hair
يَوَدُّ أَنَّ شَيبَهُ
إِذwhen جاءَit came لاnot يَنصَرِفُit departs
إِذ جاءَ لا يَنصَرِفُ
He wishes that his gray hair,
He wishes that his gray hair,
once it comes, will not depart:
once it has come, will not depart.
يَخلُفُit succeeds رَيعانُbloom الصِباyouth
يَخلُفُ رَيعانُ الصِبا
وَالمَوتُand death مِنهُafter it خَلِفُa successor
وَالمَوتُ مِنهُ خَلِفُ
it succeeds youth’s first bloom,
It succeeds the bloom of youth,
and death is its successor.
and death is its successor.
