وقائلةٍand a woman saying والهمُّand care خيَّمَpitched camp ركبُهits caravan
وقائلةٍ والهمُّ خيَّمَ ركبُه
بقلبٍin a heart طواهfolded it الحزنgrief بالطولalong the length والعرضِand the breadth
بقلبٍ طواه الحزن بالطول والعرضِ
And a woman said, while care's caravan had pitched camp
A saddened soul whose worries loom overhead
in a heart that grief had folded lengthwise and breadthwise:
With a heart cloaked in sorrow both far and wide
أضاقhas grown narrow? بكَfor you الصبرُpatience الذيwhich فيكwithin you وَسعُهُits breadth
أضاق بكَ الصبرُ الذي فيك وَسعُهُ
حنانيكَyour mercy, please بعضُsome الهمِّcare أهونeasier to bear منthan بعضothers
حنانيكَ بعضُ الهمِّ أهون من بعض
“Has patience, whose breadth lies within you, grown too narrow for you?
Your tender love confines the patience within
Have mercy—some cares are lighter than others.”
Some worries are lighter than others that chide
Sol 6.1