ما المبتلى بهم وإن

ما المبتلى بهم وإن

حسّدته ورغمت أنفا

حسّدته ورغمت أنفا

The one afflicted by them, even if

No matter their envy and spite

you envy him and your nose is rubbed in dust,

Should they bear it with grudge or fight

إلا كنضو دبّت ال

إلا كنضو دبّت ال

أنباء في متنيه صفا

أنباء في متنيه صفا

is but like a wasted beast: there crept the

Like a bottle gourd bitten inside

tidings, in a row along its two flanks.

By larvae eating it stride by stride

فتورّمت أشلاؤه

فتورّمت أشلاؤه

وتخاله سمنا وسحفا

وتخاله سمنا وسحفا

Then its limbs swelled,

Its parts start swelling wide

and you mistake it for fat and flesh;

Feigning to be fat and chubby

أو كالقراظ المستشي

أو كالقراظ المستشي

ط وإن أراك سنا ورفا

ط وإن أراك سنا ورفا

or like the qarāẓ, flaring—

Or like an old water skin

even if it shows you radiance and luxuriance;

Though seeming juicy from within

وكما يقاسى الجمر عو

وكما يقاسى الجمر عو

داً كرة ينشيك عرفا

داً كرة ينشيك عرفا

and as the embers contend with a piece of

As embers get heated time and again

wood, it again offers you fragrance.

So it burns you with its pain