احملْset out إلىto مصرَEgypt ومَنْand whoever يلتمسْseeks
احملْ إلى مصرَ ومَنْ يلتمسْ
غناهُhis wealth فيin غربتهِhis life abroad يحملِsets out
غناهُ في غربتهِ يحملِ
Set out for Egypt—and whoever seeks
Set out for Egypt; and whoever seeks
his prosperity in exile sets out.
his fortune far from home sets out.
كتابتيmy writing قدalready كسدتْhas stagnated سوقُهاits market
كتابتي قد كسدتْ سوقُها
وحِيلتيand my ingenuity بارتْhas gone unsold ولمand not أَعضلِI become baffled
وحِيلتي بارتْ ولم أَعضلِ
My writing’s market has stagnated,
My writing's market has grown stagnant,
and my ingenuity has gone unsold, yet I have not been stumped.
and my ingenuity has found no takers, though I have not been baffled.
Sol 6.1