ماwhat ليwith me أَراكَI see you أَضَعتَنيyou neglected me
ما لي أَراكَ أَضَعتَني
وَحَفِظتَand you cared for غَيريsomeone other than me كُلَّall حِفظِcare
وَحَفِظتَ غَيري كُلَّ حِفظِ
Why do I see that you have neglected me,
Why do I see you have forsaken me
yet cared for others with the utmost care?
And kept safe everyone else entirely
مُتَهَتِّكاًdissolute فَإِذاyet when حَضَرwas present (verb stem)
مُتَهَتِّكاً فَإِذا حَضَر
تُI (suffix completing the preceding verb) تَظَلَّyou remain فيin نُسكٍpiety وَوَعظِand preaching
تُ تَظَلَّ في نُسكٍ وَوَعظِ
Dissolute—yet when I am
Behaving recklessly, then when you attend
present, you remain in piety and preaching;
You act pious with prayers and sermons
فَظّاًharsh عَلَيَّtoward me وَلَمand not تَكُنyou were
فَظّاً عَلَيَّ وَلَم تَكُن
يَوماًever عَلىtoward غَيريanyone other than me بِفَظِّat all harsh
يَوماً عَلى غَيري بِفَظِّ
harsh toward me, though you have not been
Harsh with me, yet never have you been
ever harsh toward anyone else.
Harsh with another, not for a moment
هَذاthis وَحَقِّby the truth of اللَهِGod مِنfrom
هَذا وَحَقِّ اللَهِ مِن
نَكَدِmisery الزَمانِthe times وَسوءِand the badness of حَظّيmy luck
نَكَدِ الزَمانِ وَسوءِ حَظّي
This, by God's truth, stems from
This, by God’s truth, is due to
the misery of the times and my ill fortune.
The misery of fate and my wretched luck
Sol 6.1