إِنَّindeed لِيI have صَاحِبَاًa companion وَلاand no بُدَّescape مِنْهُfrom him
إِنَّ لِي صَاحِبَاً وَلا بُدَّ مِنْهُ
قَلَّhas dwindled صَبْرِيmy patience بِهِwith him وَزَادَتْand have increased شُجُونِيmy sorrows
قَلَّ صَبْرِي بِهِ وَزَادَتْ شُجُونِي
Indeed, I have a companion, and there is no escaping him.
My patience with him has dwindled, and my sorrows have grown.
أَحْمَقٌa fool لاnot يَكَادُnearly يَفْقَهُunderstands قَوْلاًa word
أَحْمَقٌ لا يَكَادُ يَفْقَهُ قَوْلاً
مِنْof حَدِيثٍconversation وَالْحُمْقُand folly نِصْفُhalf الْجُنُونِmadness
مِنْ حَدِيثٍ وَالْحُمْقُ نِصْفُ الْجُنُونِ
A fool who scarcely understands a word
Of conversation—and folly is half of madness.
Sol 6.1