1. ظننتُ أنَّ مشيبي

    يصدُّني عَنْ هواها

    I thought that my gray hair

    would turn me away from loving her.

  2. فما نهاني مشيبي

    عنها ولكنْ نهاها

    But my gray hair did not deter me

    from her; instead, it deterred her.