وعنديand I have شَيٌa thing شدَّstrengthened قُوَّةَthe strength أسرِهِof its frame
وعندي شَيٌ شدَّ قُوَّةَ أسرِهِ
ثلاثَةُthree أزواجٍpairs وفَردٌand an unpaired one مِنَof العَصبْthe nerves
ثلاثَةُ أزواجٍ وفَردٌ مِنَ العَصبْ
And I have a thing whose frame was strengthened
I have a thing whose bonds are very strong
by three pairs of nerves and one unpaired nerve.
Three pairs and one odd tendon
منابِتُهاtheir roots فيin عُصْعُصيmy coccyx غَيرَexcept أنَّهاthat they
منابِتُها في عُصْعُصي غَيرَ أنَّها
لِشَيْبيbecause of my gray hair فيin هَمٍّdistress مُعَنٍّtormenting وفيand in نَصَبْweariness
لِشَيْبي في هَمٍّ مُعَنٍّ وفي نَصَبْ
Their roots lie in my coccyx, yet they
Whose roots are in my brain though
are, because of my gray hair, in tormenting distress and weariness.
For my grey hair, in grief and toil and in fatigue
Sol 6.1