عِفتُI have loathed هذاthis العيشlife فيin صورهits forms
عِفتُ هذا العيش في صوره
فيin صفاءserenity الدهرtime فيin كدرِهits turmoil
في صفاء الدهر في كدرِه
I have come to loathe this life in all its forms,
In time's serenity, in its turmoil.
الفتىthe young man يسعىstrives لغايتهtoward his goal
الفتى يسعى لغايته
ويجدُand he finds الموتdeath فيin أثرهhis wake
ويجدُ الموت في أثره
The young man strives toward his goal,
And finds death in his wake.
ثمthen يطويهfolds him away الزمانtime ولمand has not
ثم يطويه الزمان ولم
يبلغattained المرجوّwhat is hoped for منof وطَرهhis desire
يبلغ المرجوّ من وطَره
Then time folds him away, though he has not
Attained the hoped-for fulfillment of his desire.
Sol 6.1