1. مَن يَخضُبُ الشَعَراتِ يُحسَبُ ظالِماً

    وَيُعَدُّ أَخرَقَ كَالظَليمِ الخاضِبِ

    Whoever dyes his hair is deemed a wrongdoer,

    and judged foolish, like the red-legged male ostrich.

  2. وَالشَيبُ في لَونِ الحُسامِ فَلا تَدَع

    جَسَدَ النَجيعِ عَلى الحُسامِ القاضِبِ

    And gray hair is the color of a sword; so do not leave

    clotted blood upon the keen-cutting sword.

  3. عُمري غَديرٌ كُلُّ أَنفاسي بِهِ

    جُرَعٌ تُغادِرُهُ كَأَمسِ الناضِبِ

    My life is a pool; all my breaths within it

    are draughts that leave it like yesterday—drained away.