1. كايَدَني دهْرِي في طُرَّتي

    بِشَيْبَةٍ ألْبَسَني عارَهَا

    Time played a trick on me in my forelock,

    with a gray hair whose shame it made me wear,

  2. وفَجَعُ البيضَ بها قبل أن

    تَقْضِي المَهَا منِّي أوطارَها

    and with it dismayed the fair women before

    the oryx-like beauties could fulfill their desires with me.

  3. فصرتُ لا أغفلُ عن سَتْرِها

    وكنتُ لا أغْفَل إظْهارَهَا

    So now I never neglect to conceal it,

    whereas once I never neglected to display it.