لمَّاwhen رأَىsaw القلبُthe heart أهْوالَthe terrors الزمانِtime وماand what
لمَّا رأَى القلبُ أهْوالَ الزمانِ وما
فيin اليأْسِdespair مِنof راحةٍrelief بعدafter الْعَنَاthe hardship فَرَغَاgrew free of care
في اليأْسِ مِن راحةٍ بعد الْعَنَا فَرَغَا
When the heart saw the terrors of time and what
When the heart saw the calamities of time and found
relief there is in despair after hardship, it grew free of care.
No respite in despair after tribulation, it complained
لمdid not تُجْدِavail شَكْوَايَmy complaint إلاَّexcept ذِلَّةًhumiliation وعَنَاand hardship
لم تُجْدِ شَكْوَايَ إلاَّ ذِلَّةً وعَنَا
وليسand is not أوَّلُthe first فَحْلِmale camel أثْقَلُواthey overburdened فَرَغَاso it bellowed
وليس أوَّلُ فَحْلِ أثْقَلُوا فَرَغَا
My complaint brought me nothing but humiliation and hardship;
My lamentations availed naught save abasement and hardship,
nor is it the first male camel they overburdened, and so it bellowed.
Yet the first stallion bore not so heavy a load.
Sol 6.1