لا تَلُمني عَلى اِجتِنابي لِلكا

لا تَلُمني عَلى اِجتِنابي لِلكا

س رُوَيداً فَما عَلَيَّ ملام

س رُوَيداً فَما عَلَيَّ ملام

Do not blame me for shunning the cu—

Blame me not for shunning the company of men,

—p; gently now, for no blame rests on me.

No blame is mine in this.

ما تَرى الشَيب فضة في عذاري

ما تَرى الشَيب فضة في عذاري

سَبَكتهُ بِنارِها الأَيام

سَبَكتهُ بِنارِها الأَيام

Do you not see the gray hair, silver along my cheek,

You see not silver in the locks of my dark hair

which the days have cast with their fire?

Which time's burning touch has wrought.