64 – Al-Aṣmaʿī’s nephew reported to me, from his uncle, who said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān of Azd Shanūʾah recited:
Though I may grow old, I am still among my peers,
and the destiny of the younger ones is that they, too, will turn grey. ⦗71⦘

65 – He also said: A man from Quraysh related to me that al-Aṣmaʿī remarked, “This line is the finest ever composed about grey hair.”