شَيَّب أَصْداغِي الهُموم الهِمَمُ

شَيَّب أَصْداغِي الهُموم الهِمَمُ

لَيْلَةٌ لَيْلَا وَيَوْمٌ أَيْوَمُ

لَيْلَةٌ لَيْلَا وَيَوْمٌ أَيْوَمُ

Weighty cares have turned my temples gray.

My temples grayed from worries and aspirations

A pitch-dark night and a long, hard day.

A night becomes a night and day becomes endless

قَدْ رابَنِي النِسْيانُ والتَوَهُّمُ

قَدْ رابَنِي النِسْيانُ والتَوَهُّمُ

فَكِدْتُ مِنْ طُول اللَيالِي أَهْرَمُ

فَكِدْتُ مِنْ طُول اللَيالِي أَهْرَمُ

Indeed, forgetfulness and uncertain imaginings have unsettled me.

Forgetfulness and delusion have troubled me

So I have almost grown decrepit from the long passage of nights.

I almost perished from the long nights

وَما ارْمَأَزَّ الأُسْحُمانُ الأَسْحَمُ

وَما ارْمَأَزَّ الأُسْحُمانُ الأَسْحَمُ

تَهْوِي الدَواهِي حَوْلَهُ وَيَسْلَمُ

تَهْوِي الدَواهِي حَوْلَهُ وَيَسْلَمُ

Yet the dark, jet-black one has not flinched.

Yet the blackest (nights) did not last

Calamities fall around him, and he escapes unharmed.

Consolations surround it and it passses

فَالآنَ تُبْلَى بِي الجِيادُ السُهَّمُ

فَالآنَ تُبْلَى بِي الجِيادُ السُهَّمُ

وَلا تُجارِيني إِذا ما سَوَّموا

وَلا تُجارِيني إِذا ما سَوَّموا

So now the lean, fine steeds are put to the test against me.

Now my steeds fail me when most ardent

And they cannot keep pace with me when set galloping.

They cannot keep pace should we race

وَشَخَصَت أَبْصارُهُمْ وَأَجْذَمُوا

وَشَخَصَت أَبْصارُهُمْ وَأَجْذَمُوا

لا تَشْتُمِ الناسَ كَما لا تُشْتَمُ

لا تَشْتُمِ الناسَ كَما لا تُشْتَمُ

And their eyes stared fixedly, and they hastened on.

Their eyes bulge and they become blind

Do not insult people, so that you will not be insulted.

Do not insult people as you would not be insulted