مِن شَقوَةِ المُردِ أَن تَبدو شَوارِبُهُم

مِن شَقوَةِ المُردِ أَن تَبدو شَوارِبُهُم

مُسوَدَّةً قَبلَ أَن تَبدو عَوارِضُهُم

مُسوَدَّةً قَبلَ أَن تَبدو عَوارِضُهُم

One misfortune of beardless youths is that their mustaches appear,

One misfortune of beardless youths is that their mustaches appear

grown dark before the hair along their cheeks comes in.

black before their cheek-beards appear.

يا وَيحَهُم مِن لِحىً جَدَّت مَنافِشُهُم

يا وَيحَهُم مِن لِحىً جَدَّت مَنافِشُهُم

فيهِنَّ أَو لَعِبَت فيها مَقارِضُهُم

فيهِنَّ أَو لَعِبَت فيها مَقارِضُهُم

Alas for them—for beards their teasing combs have labored

Alas for them, for beards in which their carding combs have toiled,

within, or in which their shears have played.

or in which their shears have played!