يايا: O! لقوميلقومي: to my people أناأنا: I منمن: because of فَقفَق: beginning of فقري, 'my poverty'
يا لقومي أنا من فَق
رِيَرِيَ: completion of فقري, 'my poverty' فيفي: in أنحَسِأنحَسِ: most ill-fated حالهحاله: state; condition
رِيَ في أنحَسِ حاله
O my people! Through my poverty,
O my people, I am one who cries
I am in the most ill-fated state,
In the most wretched state
حينحين: when آلىآلى: swore; vowed الدَّهرُالدَّهرُ: Time أنيأني: that I
حين آلى الدَّهرُ أني
لالا: not أرىأرى: I see منمن: anyone who فيهفيه: in him آلَهآلَه: means; capability
لا أرى من فيه آلَه
since Time swore that I
When fate decreed that I
would see no one with means.
See no one to pray to
ضاقضاق: grew tight صدريصدري: my breast وأضرَّتوأضرَّت: and harmed
ضاق صدري وأضرَّت
بيبي: to me معمع: along with الفقرالفقر: poverty البَطَالَهالبَطَالَه: unemployment
بي مع الفقر البَطَالَه
My breast grew tight, and I was afflicted
My chest tightened and unemployment
by unemployment along with poverty.
Along with poverty vexed me
وأرىوأرى: and I see الآمالالآمال: hopes للعُدللعُد: beginning of للعدم, 'for poverty'
وأرى الآمال للعُد
مم: completion of العدم, 'poverty' وإنوإن: and although لذَّتلذَّت: tasted sweet عُلالَهعُلالَه: a passing solace
م وإن لذَّت عُلالَه
And I see hopes as poverty's
And I see hopes belong to the enemy
mere solace, however sweet they taste.
Even if their evils enticed me
وأبيوأبي: and my father قدقد: already باتبات: came to be منِّيمنِّي: because of me
وأبي قد بات منِّي
يسأليسأل: he asks اللَهاللَه: God الإقالَهالإقالَه: release
يسأل اللَه الإقالَه
And my father has come, because of me,
And my father spent the night asking
to ask God for release.
God for relief
مَلَّنيمَلَّني: he grew weary of me فقراًفقراً: because of poverty وإنوإن: and although كاكا: beginning of كان, 'was'
مَلَّني فقراً وإن كا
نن: completion of كان, 'was' شفيقاًشفيقاً: compassionate لالا: no محالَهمحالَه: escape; evasion
ن شفيقاً لا محالَه
He has tired of me for my poverty, though he
Poverty has filled me, even if
was compassionate, beyond a doubt.
He was caring, no doubt
كلَّكلَّ: every يوميوم: day أطرقُأطرقُ: I call upon الخَبَّالخَبَّ: beginning of الخباز, 'the baker'
كلَّ يوم أطرقُ الخَبَّ
ازَازَ: completion of الخباز, 'the baker' منهمنه: from him بحوِالَهبحوِالَه: with a payment order
ازَ منه بحوِالَه
Every day I call upon the baker
Each day I frequent the grocer
with a payment order from him.
To get from him on credit
فَرَغَتفَرَغَت: became empty دُكانُهُدُكانُهُ: his shop لولو: even if
فَرَغَت دُكانُهُ لو
أَنَّهَاأَنَّهَا: that it دارُدارُ: house الوِكالَهالوِكالَه: commercial agency; trading depot
أَنَّهَا دارُ الوِكالَه
His shop would be emptied, even
His shop was emptied as if
if it were a trading warehouse.
It were a proxy office
Sol 6.1