ولقدAnd indeed تمنّيتُI wished الجوابَthe answer فقيلَso it was said مَهْStop!
ولقد تمنّيتُ الجوابَ فقيلَ مَهْ
إنَّIndeed التّمنِّيwishing رأسُprincipal مالِwealth المُبْلسِthe despairing
إنَّ التّمنِّي رأسُ مالِ المُبْلسِ
And I did long for an answer, only to be told, “Enough!”
Indeed, I wished for an answer, but was told, “Enough!”
Indeed, wishing is the bankrupt man’s capital.
Indeed, wishing is the capital of the despairing.
وإذاAnd when دنانيرُgold dinars الفَتىthe young man رقصَتْdanced علىupon
وإذا دنانيرُ الفَتى رقصَتْ على
أَظفارِهِhis fingernails خَجلتُblushed (written as “I blushed”) فلوسُcopper coins المُفْلسِthe bankrupt man
أَظفارِهِ خَجلتُ فلوسُ المُفْلسِ
And when a young man’s dinars dance upon
And when a young man's gold dinars dance upon
his fingernails, the bankrupt man’s coppers blush.
his fingernails, the bankrupt man's copper coins blush.
Sol 6.1