1. I have become neither busy nor idle,
Wavering in a losing deal.
١. أَصبَحتُ لا شُغلٌ وَلا عُطلَةٌ
مُذَبذَباً في صَفقَةٍ خاسِرَه
2. The crux of the matter, in summary and detail,
Is that I have ended up with neither this world nor the next.
٢. وَجُملَةُ الأَمرِ وَتَفصيلُهُ
أَن صِرتُ لا دُنيا وَلا آخِرَه