وَثَقيلٍ إِذا بَدا

وَثَقيلٍ إِذا بَدا

أَكثَرَ الناسُ لَعنَهُ

أَكثَرَ الناسُ لَعنَهُ

A heavy bore, whenever he appears,

And a burdensome fellow, whenever he appears,

the people heap curses upon him.

people heap curses upon him.

كُلُّ رَملٍ بِعالِجٍ

كُلُّ رَملٍ بِعالِجٍ

لا تَرى فيهِ وَزنَهُ

لا تَرى فيهِ وَزنَهُ

All the sands of ʿĀlij

All the sand in ʿĀlij—

could not match him in weight.

you will not find his weight in it.

ظُنَّ خَيراً بِغَيرِهِ

ظُنَّ خَيراً بِغَيرِهِ

وَبِهِ لا تَظُنُّهُ

وَبِهِ لا تَظُنُّهُ

Think well of someone other than him;

Think well of someone other than him,

of him, never think the same.

but do not think so of him.

وَعَلى نَحسِهِ فَقَد

وَعَلى نَحسِهِ فَقَد

قيلَ عَنهُ بِأَنَّهُ

قيلَ عَنهُ بِأَنَّهُ

And, despite his ill fortune, it has indeed

And despite his ill luck, it has indeed

been said of him that he

been said of him that he

ثُمَّ لا يَترُكُ الحَما

ثُمَّ لا يَترُكُ الحَما

قَةَ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ

قَةَ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ

then never abandons stu—

then does not abandon fool-

—pidity, until it is as though he...

ishness, until it is as though he...