وَأَسوَدُand black-skinned شَيخٍan old man فيat الثَمانينَeighty سِنُّهُhis age
وَأَسوَدُ شَيخٍ في الثَمانينَ سِنُّهُ
غَداhas become وَجهُهُhis face مِنfrom أَبيَضِthe white of الشَيبِgray hair أَبلَقاpiebald (black and white)
غَدا وَجهُهُ مِن أَبيَضِ الشَيبِ أَبلَقا
And a black old man, eighty years of age—
An old black man nearing eighty years of age
His face has turned piebald from the white of gray hair.
His face turned pale from the whiteness of his hair
لَهُfor him لِحيَةٌa beard مُبيَضَّةٌturned white مُستَديرَةٌrounded
لَهُ لِحيَةٌ مُبيَضَّةٌ مُستَديرَةٌ
أُشَبِّهُهُI liken him فيهاwith it (the beard) عُقاباًan eagle مُطَوَّقاcollared
أُشَبِّهُهُ فيها عُقاباً مُطَوَّقا
He has a white, rounded beard;
He has a rounded, whitened beard
With it, I liken him to a collared eagle.
In it, I liken him to a hooded eagle