قد قلتُ إذ حَسَدُوا وما

قد قلتُ إذ حَسَدُوا وما

في العَيْشِ إذْ حسَدوا رَغَدْ

في العَيْشِ إذْ حسَدوا رَغَدْ

Indeed I said, when they envied me—though there was no

I have said when they envied, yet in life, when they envied, affluence

ease in life when they envied me:

The times deteriorated, and its people, and their dispositions, even to envy

خَسَّ الزَّمانُ وأهلُه

خَسَّ الزَّمانُ وأهلُه

وطِباعُهم حتى الحَسَدْ

وطِباعُهم حتى الحَسَدْ

The age and its people have grown base,

and their natures—even envy itself.