الشّيبُgray hair شَمسٌa sun بَيَّضتhas whitened بِشُعاعهاwith its radiance
الشّيبُ شَمسٌ بَيَّضت بِشُعاعها
آفاقَthe horizons وَجهيmy face وَالشّبابand youth قَدِalready اِنقَضىhas ended
آفاقَ وَجهي وَالشّباب قَدِ اِنقَضى
Gray hair is a sun that has whitened with its radiance
The gray hair is a sun whose rays have whitened
The horizons of my face, and youth has already ended.
The horizons of my face, and youth is now gone,
وَالشّمسُand the sun هَذاthis شَأنُهاits way إِنif أَسفَرَتit shines forth
وَالشّمسُ هَذا شَأنُها إِن أَسفَرَت
أَبدَتit reveals عَلىupon الأُفقِthe horizon الشّعاعَthe radiance الأَبيَضاwhite
أَبدَت عَلى الأُفقِ الشّعاعَ الأَبيَضا
And this is the sun’s way: when it shines forth,
Such is the way of the sun - when it rises
It reveals the white radiance upon the horizon.
It shows on the horizon a shining white ray.