أيُّwhat شيءٍthing يكابدendures الطفلُthe child فيin الدنْthe world (continued)
أيُّ شيءٍ يكابد الطفلُ في الدنْ
ياcompletes ‘the world’ لأمرٍfor a reason ماsome يستهلُّutters its first cry الوليدُthe newborn
يا لأمرٍ ما يستهلُّ الوليدُ
What does the child endure in the world?
What does the child endure in this lowly world
For some reason the newborn utters its first cry.
Oh, how dire the fate of the newborn
لاdo not تلومنّblame (emphatic) حاسداًan envious person أَلَمُpain النَّفْof the soul (continued)
لا تلومنّ حاسداً أَلَمُ النَّفْ
سcompletes ‘the soul’ منfrom البخسbeing shortchanged ياO أُخَيَّmy dear brother شديدُsevere
س من البخس يا أُخَيَّ شديدُ
Do not blame an envious person; the soul’s pain
Blame no envious man, the soul's agony
from being shortchanged, my dear brother, is severe.
Comes not from stinginess, O stern brother
Sol 6.1