حسبيenough for me ضجرتI grew weary منof الأدبliterary learning
حسبي ضجرت من الأدب
ورأيتهand I found it سببَthe cause of العطبruin
ورأيته سببَ العطب
Enough! I have grown weary of literary learning,
I'm tired of literature,
and I have found it the cause of ruin.
And have seen it cause distress.
وهجَرتand I abandoned إعرابgrammatical parsing الكلاspeech (word begins here)
وهجَرت إعراب الكلا
مcompletion of 'speech' وماand what حفظتI memorized منof الخطبorations
م وما حفظت من الخطب
And I abandoned the grammatical parsing of speech,
I've abandoned grammar,
and the orations I had memorized.
And don't remember any speeches.
ونسيتand I forgot أخبارaccounts الزبal-Zubayr (name begins here)
ونسيت أخبار الزب
يرcompletion of 'al-Zubayr' وماand what رواهhe related it منof النسبgenealogy
ير وما رواه من النسب
And I forgot al-Zubayr’s accounts,
I've forgotten the tales of past,
and the genealogies he related.
And the genealogies they recount.
وتركتand I gave up تفسيرinterpretation المعاmeanings (word begins here)
وتركت تفسير المعا
نيcompletion of 'meanings' وهوand it is ديوانrecord العربthe Arabs
ني وهو ديوان العرب
And I gave up interpreting meanings,
I've left interpreting meanings,
though it is the record of the Arabs.
The hallmark of Arabs.
ورهنتand I pawned ديوانcollection النقاpoetic rebuttals (word begins here)
ورهنت ديوان النقا
ئضcompletion of 'poetic rebuttals' واسترحتand I found relief منfrom التعبtoil
ئض واسترحت من التعب
And I pawned the collection of poetic rebuttals,
I've pawned the book of eloquence,
and found relief from toil.
And rested from exhaustion.
لاdo not تعجبيbe surprised ياO هندHind منat
لا تعجبي يا هند من
قوليmy words فماfor there is no فيهin it عجبwonder
قولي فما فيه عجب
Do not be surprised, O Hind, at
Don't be surprised, Hindi,
my words, for there is nothing strange in them.
By what I say.
إنindeed الزمانtime بمنagainst whoever تقدمhas risen
إن الزمان بمن تقدم
فيin النباهةeminence منقلبturned hostile
في النباهة منقلب
Indeed, time, against those who rise
Time has reversed
to eminence, has turned.
The wise who came before.
والجهلand ignorance يضطهدoppresses الححىreason (apparently intended; text misspelled)
والجهل يضطهد الححى
والراسand the head يعلوهrises above it الذنبthe tail
والراس يعلوه الذنب
And ignorance oppresses reason,
Ignorance persecutes the virtuous,
and the tail rises above the head.
And sin sits atop the head.
Sol 6.1