كلما احتجتَ الى النا

كلما احتجتَ الى النا

س تنحّى الناس عنكا

س تنحّى الناس عنكا

Whenever you need the peo-

Whenever you need people,

ple, people turn away from you;

They shy away from you.

واذا اِستَغنَيتَ عنهم

واذا اِستَغنَيتَ عنهم

قربوا في الحال منكا

قربوا في الحال منكا

and when you have no need of them,

And when you can do without them,

they draw near to you at once—

They come to you right away.

عكسَ ما يطلبُهُ الحا

عكسَ ما يطلبُهُ الحا

ل لكي تَزدادَ ضنكا

ل لكي تَزدادَ ضنكا

contrary to what is required by the situa-

It's the opposite of what the situation requires

tion, so that your hardship increases.

So you feel even more distressed.