كَأَنَّas though المُعَلّىal-Muʿallā وَرَيبَand the ravages of المَنوfate (continued)
كَأَنَّ المُعَلّى وَرَيبَ المَنو
نِ(completes ‘fate’) وَالحَدَثانِand time’s calamities بِهِupon him وَقعُthe blow of فاسِan axe
نِ وَالحَدَثانِ بِهِ وَقعُ فاسِ
As though al-Muʿallā, amid the ravages of fate
As if confusion and doubt of what to do
and time’s calamities, had been struck by an axe.
And new events have befallen his mind
Sol 6.1