 even if my old age by which i beseech you and my advanced years by which i beseech you for mercy which did not happen to me while i was in your care and were not befallen except while i was in your shade then the intercession of old age and the beseeching of mercy of weakness and frailty would deter you from me with the strongest deterrent.
ولو أن شيبتي التي بها استعطفتك، وكبرة سني التي بها استرحمتك، اللتان لم يحدثا علي وأنا في ذراك، ولم يحلا بي إلا وأنا في ظلك، لكان في شفاعة الكبرة، واسترحام الضعف والوهنة، ما يردعك عني أشد الردع،