الشيبُgray hair سوطُa whip عذابٍtorment
الشيبُ سوطُ عذابٍ
هامَbecame enamored النساءُwomen بقذفهْwith casting it away
هامَ النساءُ بقذفهْ
Gray hair is a whip of torment;
Gray hair is a whip of torment
women are enamored of casting it away.
Women pelt it with disdain
يكفيsuffices مشيبيَmy gray hair عيباًas a disgrace
يكفي مشيبيَ عيباً
أنيthat I رضيتُconsented بنتفِهْto plucking it out
أني رضيتُ بنتفِهْ
It is disgrace enough for my gray hair
My grayness is fault enough
that I consented to pluck it out.
That I've accepted its plucking