تَنَسَّكتَyou became ascetic بَعدَafter الأَربَعينَforty ضَرورَةًout of necessity
تَنَسَّكتَ بَعدَ الأَربَعينَ ضَرورَةً
وَلَمand did not يَبقَremain إِلّاexcept أَنthat تَقومَrise الصَوارِخُthe wailing women
وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا أَن تَقومَ الصَوارِخُ
You took to asceticism after forty, out of necessity,
And nothing remained but for the wailing women to rise.
فَكَيفَso how تُرَجّيyou hope أَنto تُثابَbe rewarded وَإِنَّماand only
فَكَيفَ تُرَجّي أَن تُثابَ وَإِنَّما
يَرىsee الناسُpeople فَضلَthe merit of النُسكِasceticism وَالمَرءُwhile a man شارِخُin his youthful prime
يَرى الناسُ فَضلَ النُسكِ وَالمَرءُ شارِخُ
So how do you hope to be rewarded, when
People see merit in asceticism only while a man is in his youthful prime?
Sol 6.1