لَقَدindeed أَصبَحتُI have come to be فيin بَلَدٍa land خَسيسٍbase
لَقَد أَصبَحتُ في بَلَدٍ خَسيسٍ
أَمُصُّI suck بِهِin it ثِمادَscant water الرِزقِsustenance مَصّاsucking emphatically
أَمُصُّ بِهِ ثِمادَ الرِزقِ مَصّا
I have indeed come to dwell in a base land,
Where I suck hard at the scant drops of sustenance.
إِذاwhen رُفِعَتis raised مُسَنّاةٌan embankment لِوَغدٍfor a scoundrel
إِذا رُفِعَت مُسَنّاةٌ لِوَغدٍ
تَوَهَّمَhe imagined جودَهُhis generosity ماthat which لَيسَis not يُحصىcounted
تَوَهَّمَ جودَهُ ما لَيسَ يُحصى
When an embankment is raised for a scoundrel,
He imagines his generosity beyond all counting.
رَأَيتُI saw المَجدَglory إِحساناًbenevolence وَجوداًand generosity
رَأَيتُ المَجدَ إِحساناً وَجوداً
فَصارَand so became المَجدُglory آجُرّاًbricks وَجَصّاand plaster
فَصارَ المَجدُ آجُرّاً وَجَصّا
I saw glory as benevolence and generosity,
And now glory has become bricks and plaster.
Sol 6.1