إنَّ ثَلاثَةً صَحِبَتْ ثَلاثَةً

إنَّ ثَلاثَةً صَحِبَتْ ثَلاثَةً

أَعَبْتْ عِلاجَ بَدْوِها والحَضَرِ

أَعَبْتْ عِلاجَ بَدْوِها والحَضَرِ

Indeed, three things, when joined with three others,

defy treatment by nomads and townsfolk:

عَداوَةٌ مَعْ حَسَدٍ وَفاقةٌ

عَداوَةٌ مَعْ حَسَدٍ وَفاقةٌ

مَعْ كَسَلٍ وَعِلَّةٌ مَعْ كِبَرِ

مَعْ كَسَلٍ وَعِلَّةٌ مَعْ كِبَرِ

enmity with envy, and poverty

with idleness, and illness with old age.