قالوا اِلْتَحَى واِنكَسَفَتْ شَمْسُهُ

قالوا اِلْتَحَى واِنكَسَفَتْ شَمْسُهُ

وما دَروا عُذْرَ عِذَارَيْهِ

وما دَروا عُذْرَ عِذَارَيْهِ

They said, “He has grown a beard, and his sun has been eclipsed.”

They said he has become frail, and his sun has set,

Yet they did not know the excuse for his two sideburns.

And they did not know the excuse of his thinness.

مِرْآةُ خَدَّيه جلاها الضِّيَا

مِرْآةُ خَدَّيه جلاها الضِّيَا

فلاح فيها فَيْءُ خَدَّيْهِ

فلاح فيها فَيْءُ خَدَّيْهِ

Light polished the mirror of his cheeks,

The mirror of his cheeks, its brightness concealed by sorrow,

so the shadow of his cheeks appeared in it.

So the radiance of his cheeks no longer shines in it.