نَصَلdeparted الشَّبابyouth وماyet not نصُلتُI have withdrawn عنfrom الهوىlove
نَصَل الشَّباب وما نصُلتُ عن الهوى
وبداand appeared المشيبgray hair وفيَّand in me فضلُa remnant تصابيyouthful dalliance
وبدا المشيب وفيَّ فضلُ تصابي
Youth has departed, yet I have not forsaken love;
And gray hair has appeared, yet some youthful dalliance remains in me.
وغدوتُand I went forth أعترضُI approach الدِّيارthe dwellings مُسلِّماًoffering greetings
وغدوتُ أعترضُ الدِّيار مُسلِّماً
يوماًone day فلمbut did not تسمحthey deign بردِّto return جوابِan answer
يوماً فلم تسمح بردِّ جوابِ
And I approached the dwellings, offering greetings,
One day, but they would not deign to answer.
فكأنَّهاso as though they وكأنَّنيand as though I فيamid رسمهاtheir traces
فكأنَّها وكأنَّني في رسمها
أعشىa dim-sighted man يحدِّقpeers intently فيat سطورthe lines of كتابِa book
أعشى يحدِّق في سطور كتابِ
They seemed a book, and I, amid their traces,
A dim-sighted man peering at the lines of a book.
Translation model: Sol 6.1