أناخَsettled الشَيبُgray hair ضَيفاas a guest لَمdid not أُرِدهُI want it
أناخَ الشَيبُ ضَيفا لَم أُرِدهُ
وَلكِنand yet لاnot أُطيقُI am able لَهُfor it مَرَدّاa repulse
وَلكِن لا أُطيقُ لَهُ مَرَدّا
Gray hair settled as a guest I did not want.
Old age alighted, an unwelcome guest
And yet I cannot turn it away.
Yet I lack the strength to turn it away
رِداءٌa cloak لِلرَدىof death فيهِin it دَليلٌa sign
رِداءٌ لِلرَدى فيهِ دَليلٌ
تَرَدّىperished مَنwhoever بِهِin it يَوماًone day تَرَدّىcloaked himself
تَرَدّى مَن بِهِ يَوماً تَرَدّى
A cloak bearing a sign of death:
A garment against devastation, it bears
He who one day cloaked himself in it perished.
A sign - one who wears it will decline one day