نشَأْتُI matured بماthrough what عانَيْتُI endured منof نُوبِvicissitudes الدَّهtime (word continues)
نشَأْتُ بما عانَيْتُ من نُوبِ الدَّه
رِ(completes the word ‘time’) وَعَّودْتُand I accustomed نَفسيmyself حَمْلَbearing فاقِرَةَback-breaking calamity الفَقْرِof poverty
رِ وَعَّودْتُ نَفسي حَمْلَ فاقِرَةَ الفَقْرِ
I matured through the vicissitudes of time I endured,
I was raised bearing the woes of fortune's blows,
and accustomed myself to bearing poverty’s back-breaking calamity.
And trained myself to bear stark poverty's load.
إذاwhen ما(emphatic particle) بدَتْbecame apparent للنَاسto people سوءُwretchedness معيشَتيof my livelihood
إذا ما بدَتْ للنَاس سوءُ معيشَتي
خَصَفْتُI patched عَلَيهاover it قانِعاًcontent وَرَقَleaves الصَّبرِof patience
خَصَفْتُ عَلَيها قانِعاً وَرَقَ الصَّبرِ
When the wretchedness of my livelihood became apparent to people,
When my hard life seemed evil in people's eyes,
I patched it over, content, with the leaves of patience.
I met it with patience, peaceful and resigned.
Sol 6.1