وَإِنّيAnd indeed I وَإِيّاهُمand them كساعٍlike one striving لِقاعدfor someone seated
وَإِنّي وَإِيّاهُم كساعٍ لِقاعد
مُقيمstaying put وَاِشقىand the most wretched الناسof people بِالشِعرthrough poetry قائِلُهits composer
مُقيم وَاِشقى الناس بِالشِعر قائِلُه
And I, in relation to them, am like one striving for someone seated,
And I and they are like an hourglass with its walker,
Staying put; and the most wretched of people through poetry is its composer.
One half standing still, the other half going in tears.
Sol 6.1