فَتىًa youth كُنتُI was أَرجوهُplacing my hopes in him وَآمُلُand I hoped for يَومَهُhis day
فَتىً كُنتُ أَرجوهُ وَآمُلُ يَومَهُ
وَأَشفِقُand I feared أَنthat يَغتالَهُmight slay him unawares حَدَثُa calamity الدَهرِof time
وَأَشفِقُ أَن يَغتالَهُ حَدَثُ الدَهرِ
A youth in whom I placed my hopes and whose day I awaited,
and I feared that a calamity of time might slay him.
فَلَمّاbut when تَبَوّاhe settled in مَنزِلَthe abode of اليُسرِease وَالغِنىand wealth
فَلَمّا تَبَوّا مَنزِلَ اليُسرِ وَالغِنى
رَمىhe struck أَمَليmy hope مِنهُin him بِقاصِمَةِwith a blow that breaks الظَهرِthe back
رَمى أَمَلي مِنهُ بِقاصِمَةِ الظَهرِ
But when he settled in the abode of ease and wealth,
he dealt my hope in him a backbreaking blow.
Sol 6.1