1. غير أَنّي امرؤ أَعمم حلماً

    يكره الجهل والصبا أَمثالي

    Yet I am a man turbaned with forbearance;

    Men like me abhor folly and youthful frivolity.

  2. وَيُلام الكبير إِن هو يوماً

    راجع الجهل بعد شيب القذالِ

    And an elder is blamed if one day he

    Returns to folly after the hair at the back of his head has greyed.