يَرُومُhe seeks حَياتَهُhis life مَابَيْنَamong قَوْمٍa people
يَرُومُ حَياتَهُ مَابَيْنَ قَوْمٍ
لِقَاءُmeeting المَوْتِdeath عِنْدَهُمُin their eyes الأَدِيبُthe man of letters
لِقَاءُ المَوْتِ عِنْدَهُمُ الأَدِيبُ
He seeks to live among a people
To whom a man of letters is an encounter with death.
وَرَبُّand the master of الشِّعْرِpoetry مَمْقُوتٌloathed بَغِيضٌdespised
وَرَبُّ الشِّعْرِ مَمْقُوتٌ بَغِيضٌ
وَلَوْand even if وَافَىcame بهِwith it لَهُمُto them حَبِيبُHabib
وَلَوْ وَافَى بهِ لَهُمُ حَبِيبُ
And a master of poetry is loathed and despised,
Even if Habib were to bring it to them.
Sol 6.1