رأيت بشيبي وهو أصدق ناظراً

رأيت بشيبي وهو أصدق ناظراً

أمورا بنور الشيب كان ظهورها

أمورا بنور الشيب كان ظهورها

I saw through my gray hair—and it is a truer beholder—

With my gray hair I saw things more clearly

Things revealed by the light of gray hair.

Matters revealed by the light of gray strands

وقل به ابصار عينى كأنما

وقل به ابصار عينى كأنما

تقسّم بين الشيب والعين نورها

تقسّم بين الشيب والعين نورها

And with it my eye's sight diminished, as though

And my eyesight weakened, as though

Its light had been divided between gray hair and the eye.

The light was shared between gray hair and eyes