وقدand indeed كانused to be إذاwhenever ضاقتْclosed in عليّon me
وقد كان إذا ضاقتْ عليّ
الحياةُlife إلىto نقائضِهاits opposites هربتُI fled
الحياةُ إلى نقائضِها هربتُ
And once, whenever I was hemmed in
When life grew too narrow for me,
by life, I fled to its opposites.
I used to escape to its opposite.
أماbut وقدand now that استحالتit has turned للنقيضِinto the opposite
أما وقد استحالت للنقيضِ
أيقبلُwill it accept? بيme بعيدshortly after الموتِdeath موتُa death؟
أيقبلُ بي بعيد الموتِ موتُ؟
But now that it has turned into its opposite,
But now that life has turned into death,
will a death accept me shortly after death?
Would death accept me after life's demise?
Sol 6.1