رجاؤُكَ فلساً قَد غَدا في حَبائِلي

رجاؤُكَ فلساً قَد غَدا في حَبائِلي

قَنيصاً رَجاءٌ لِلنِتاجِ مِن العقمِ

قَنيصاً رَجاءٌ لِلنِتاجِ مِن العقمِ

Your hope for a copper coin that has fallen into my snares

Your hope has become a coin in my ropes

as prey is hope for offspring from barrenness.

A hope for progeny from barrenness

أَأَتعبُ في تَحصيله وَأُضيعه

أَأَتعبُ في تَحصيله وَأُضيعه

إِذن كُنتُ مُعتاضاً مِن البرءِ بالسقمِ

إِذن كُنتُ مُعتاضاً مِن البرءِ بالسقمِ

Am I to toil to obtain it and squander it?

Shall I toil to obtain it and lose it?

Then I would be exchanging health for sickness.

Then I was diseased with wellness by illness