قَدindeed أَتعبhas exhausted الدَهرtime قوىstrength هِمَّتيmy resolve
قَد أَتعب الدَهر قوى هِمَّتي
بِماthrough what يُقاسيendures الحرُّthe noble man مِنfrom دَهرِهِhis age
بِما يُقاسي الحرُّ مِن دَهرِهِ
Time has exhausted the strength of my resolve
Through what a noble man endures at the hands of his age.
فَلَيتَso, if only مَهضومdrawn-in الحَشاthe waist مسعفيmy helper
فَلَيتَ مَهضوم الحَشا مسعفي
يَوماًone day فَأَرتاحso I might rest عَلىupon ظَهرهِhis back
يَوماً فَأَرتاح عَلى ظَهرهِ
If only a slender-waisted one would come to my aid
One day, so I might rest upon his back.
Sol 6.1