بانَ الشَبابُ وَفيهِ اللَهوُ وَالفَرَحُ

بانَ الشَبابُ وَفيهِ اللَهوُ وَالفَرَحُ

وَأَقبَلَ الشَيبُ فيهِ الهَمُّ وَالتَرَحُ

وَأَقبَلَ الشَيبُ فيهِ الهَمُّ وَالتَرَحُ

Youth has departed, and with it revelry and joy;

Youth has departed, with its merriment and joy.

gray age has come, and with it care and sorrow.

And gray hair has come, with its worry and sorrow.

فَعُدِّ ذِكرَ الصِبا وَاِهجُر لَذاذَتَهُ

فَعُدِّ ذِكرَ الصِبا وَاِهجُر لَذاذَتَهُ

واسَوأَتا مِن بَياضٍ فَوقَهُ قَدَحُ

واسَوأَتا مِن بَياضٍ فَوقَهُ قَدَحُ

So recount the days of youth, but forsake their pleasures—

So leave behind the memory of youth, and forsake its pleasures.

alas for white hair overshadowed by reproach!

Oh, the shame of white hair with a goblet above it!