تعاكسopposes المستقيمthe upright man الدthe… (fragment of 'the world')
تعاكس المستقيم الد
دنياworld لتنغيصto embitter عيشهhis life
دنيا لتنغيص عيشه
The upright man is opposed by the
The stubborn flow against the stream
world, to embitter his life,
Making life harsh as it may seem
كأنهاas though it were فصgemstone حلقring
كأنها فص حلق
لاno بدescape منfrom عكسreversing نقشهits engraving
لا بد من عكس نقشه
as though it were a ring's gemstone,
Like a ring meant to choke
whose engraving must be reversed.
Its engraving must reverse and provoke
Sol 6.1