قالوا أمن عرَضٍ بجسمك مؤلمٍ

قالوا أمن عرَضٍ بجسمك مؤلمٍ

أمسيتَ في صعدٍ تئنّ وفي صَبب

أمسيتَ في صعدٍ تئنّ وفي صَبب

They said, “Has some ailment assailed your body,

They said, “Is it from a painful ailment in your body

that you now groan both uphill and downhill?”

that you have come to groan uphill and downhill?”

فأجبْتهم روحِي الفداءُ لمالكٍ

فأجبْتهم روحِي الفداءُ لمالكٍ

قد كانَ في هذا العروضِ هوَ السبب

قد كانَ في هذا العروضِ هوَ السبب

I answered them, “May my soul be Mālik’s ransom—

So I answered them, “May my soul be a ransom for Malik—

he himself was the cause of this ailment.”

he himself was indeed the cause of this affliction.”