أَنَا فِي الدَّهْرِ ضَائِعٌ بَيْنَ فَهْمٍ

أَنَا فِي الدَّهْرِ ضَائِعٌ بَيْنَ فَهْمٍ

فَاتِكٍ حَدُّهُ وَجدٍّ كَهَامِ

فَاتِكٍ حَدُّهُ وَجدٍّ كَهَامِ

I am lost in this age between an intellect

I wander lost in life mid comprehension

With a deadly edge, and fortune that is blunt.

Lacking, ungrasped - my limit zeal, phantoms.

حُزْتُ عِلْمَاً وَمَا رُزِقْتُ قَبُولاً

حُزْتُ عِلْمَاً وَمَا رُزِقْتُ قَبُولاً

فَكَأَنِّي مَجَلَّةُ الأَحْكَامِ

فَكَأَنِّي مَجَلَّةُ الأَحْكَامِ

I have acquired knowledge, but have been granted no acceptance,

Knowledge I've gained, acceptance not allotted -

So it is as though I were the Compendium of Legal Rulings.

As if I'm gathered maxims' compilation.