قالَت عُمَيرَةُ ما لِرَأسِكَ بَعدَما

قالَت عُمَيرَةُ ما لِرَأسِكَ بَعدَما

نَفِدَ الزَمانُ أَتى بِلَونٍ مُنكَرِ

نَفِدَ الزَمانُ أَتى بِلَونٍ مُنكَرِ

ʿUmayrah said, “Why has your head, after

Umayra said, after time had passed, bringing a strange hue to your head,

time has run its course, taken on an unfamiliar hue?”

"O Umayr, your father's head was turned white by the nights going by and the passing of eras."

أَعُمَيرَ إِنَّ أَباكِ شَيَّبَ رَأسَهُ

أَعُمَيرَ إِنَّ أَباكِ شَيَّبَ رَأسَهُ

كَرُّ اللَيالي وَاِختَلافُ الأَعصُرِ

كَرُّ اللَيالي وَاِختَلافُ الأَعصُرِ

“O ʿUmayrah, your father’s head has indeed been turned gray

by the recurrence of nights and the succession of ages.”