كانwas ليmine عبدُa slave يسمَّىcalled فرجاFaraj (meaning “relief”)
كان لي عبدُ يسمَّى فرجا
نصبset الغيرothers عليهfor him الشَّبكاthe net
نصب الغير عليه الشَّبكا
Once I had a slave called Faraj.
I had a slave called Faraj;
Fortune’s turns laid their snares for him.
Others set a net for him.
وأناand I اليومtoday كماas تبصرنيyou see me
وأنا اليوم كما تبصرني
ليسthere is no عندِيwith me فرجٌrelief (a pun on Faraj) إلاَّexcept البكاweeping
ليس عندِي فرجٌ إلاَّ البكا
And today, just as you see me,
And today, as you see me,
I have no Faraj—no relief—except in weeping.
I have no relief except weeping.
Sol 6.1