وماand … is not مشيبُgray hair المرءِof a man إلاّexcept غُبْرَةdust
وما مشيبُ المرءِ إلاّ غُبْرَة
تعلّقتْhas clung منfrom ركضِthe galloping of عُمْرٍa lifetime قدalready غَبَرْhas passed
تعلّقتْ من ركضِ عُمْرٍ قد غَبَرْ
And a man's gray hair is nothing but dust
That has clung to him from the gallop of a lifetime gone by.