صبوت وهل عار على الحر إن صبا

صبوت وهل عار على الحر إن صبا

وقيد بعشر الأربعين إلى الصبا

وقيد بعشر الأربعين إلى الصبا

I yielded to youthful passion—is it a disgrace for a freeborn man to do so,

I yearned, but is it shameful for the free man if he yearns?

and, in his fourth decade, be led toward youthful passion?

And tied to forty is youthfulness,

وليس بشيب ما ترون وإنما

وليس بشيب ما ترون وإنما

كميت الصبا مما جرى عاد أشهبا

كميت الصبا مما جرى عاد أشهبا

And what you see is not gray hair; rather,

What you see is not gray hair, but rather,

the bay steed of youth has turned gray from all its running.

My youth has died from what has happened, so it turned gray.