نَفَرَت سَودَةُ مِنّي أَن رَأَت

نَفَرَت سَودَةُ مِنّي أَن رَأَت

صَلعَ الرَّأسِ وَفي الجِلدِ وَضَح

صَلعَ الرَّأسِ وَفي الجِلدِ وَضَح

Sawdah recoiled from me because she saw

Sawdah turned away when she saw

The baldness of my head and white patches on my skin.

my head bald and wrinkles on my skin.

قُلتُ يا سَودَةُ هَذا وَالَّذي

قُلتُ يا سَودَةُ هَذا وَالَّذي

يُرِجُ الكُربَةَ عَنّا وَالكَلَح

يُرِجُ الكُربَةَ عَنّا وَالكَلَح

I said, “O Sawdah, this—by Him who

I said: "O Sawdah, this is He who

Dispels distress and gloom from us—

takes away grief and anxiety from us.

هُوَ زَينُ الوَجهِ لِلمَرءِ كَما

هُوَ زَينُ الوَجهِ لِلمَرءِ كَما

زَيَّنَ الطَرفَ تَحاسينُ القُزَح

زَيَّنَ الطَرفَ تَحاسينُ القُزَح

Adorns a man's face, just as

It is the adornment of a man's face, as

The rainbow's beauties adorn the eye.”

the eyelids are adorned by kohl."