ياO سيداًmaster لاnot زالceased ممتحناًafflicted
يا سيداً لا زال ممتحناً
بحادثاتby the calamities of الزمانtime منsince قدمهhis earliest days
بحادثات الزمان من قدمه
O lord, unceasingly tried
O master, who has never ceased to be tried
by time’s vicissitudes since your earliest days,
By the calamities of time since his earliest days:
منfrom سلّمٍa ladder قدindeed وقعتyou fell وقعةa fall منone who
من سلّمٍ قد وقعت وقعة من
زادincreased مقالthe words of الحاكمينthe judges فيin ألمهhis pain
زاد مقال الحاكمين في ألمه
from a ladder you fell—the fall of one
From a ladder you fell, the fall of one
whose pain gave those assessing it ever more to say:
Whose pain the judges' words increased:
رأسa head ورجلand a leg والضلعand the rib فهوso he كماas
رأس ورجل والضلع فهو كما
يقالit is said منfrom قرنهthe crown of his head إلىto قدمهhis foot
يقال من قرنه إلى قدمه
head, leg, and rib. So you are, as
Head, leg, and rib—he is afflicted, as
the saying goes, hurt from crown to foot.
They say, from the crown of his head to his foot.
Sol 6.1