بَيناwhile أُحَبِّرُI compose and embellish مَدحاًa poem of praise عادَit became مَرثِيَةًan elegy
بَينا أُحَبِّرُ مَدحاً عادَ مَرثِيَةً
هَذاthis لَعَمريَby my life شَرٌّan evil دينُهُits way or custom عِدَدُnumbers; multiplicities
هَذا لَعَمريَ شَرٌّ دينُهُ عِدَدُ
While I was crafting a poem of praise, it turned into an elegy.
While I compose praise, it turns into elegy
This, by my life, is an evil whose ways are manifold.
This, by my life, is an evil whose religion is counting
Sol 6.1