يَقول لي الشَيب لِما رَأى

يَقول لي الشَيب لِما رَأى

وَلَوعى بِقدّ وَخدّ وجيد

وَلَوعى بِقدّ وَخدّ وجيد

Gray hair says to me, on seeing

Gray hair says to me when it saw

my passion for a figure, a cheek, and a neck:

My suffering due to my cheek, jaw, and forehead:

تُريد من الغانِيات الوِصال

تُريد من الغانِيات الوِصال

وَشَيبُك يَنهاك عَمّا تَريد

وَشَيبُك يَنهاك عَمّا تَريد

“You desire union with beautiful women,

"You want intimacy with singing girls,

yet your gray hair restrains you from what you desire.”

Yet your gray hair prohibits you from what you desire."