لَمَّا عَلاَنِي الشَّيْبُ قَالَ صَوَاحِبِي

لَمَّا عَلاَنِي الشَّيْبُ قَالَ صَوَاحِبِي

لاَ نَبْتَغِي خِلاًّ يُصَيَّرُ أَشْيَبْ

لاَ نَبْتَغِي خِلاًّ يُصَيَّرُ أَشْيَبْ

When gray hair overtook me, my female companions said:

When age whitened my hair, my friends said to me

“We seek no lover who turns gray.”

We do not seek a comrade who turns one white haired

فَصَبَغْتُهُ خَوفَ الْفِرَاقِ فَقْلْنَ لِي

فَصَبَغْتُهُ خَوفَ الْفِرَاقِ فَقْلْنَ لِي

هَذِي رَوَايَةُ أَصْبَغٍ عَنْ أَشْهَبْ

هَذِي رَوَايَةُ أَصْبَغٍ عَنْ أَشْهَبْ

So I dyed it for fear of parting, and they said to me:

So I dyed it for fear of parting, say to me then

“This is Asbagh’s narration from Ashhab.”

This is the report of one dyed not white haired