وقدand indeed أفْرَدتْنِيhave left me alone الحادِثاتُmisfortunes فَليسso there is no ليfor me
وقد أفْرَدتْنِي الحادِثاتُ فَليس لي
أنيسٌcompanion ولاnor فيin طَارِقِthe sudden arrival of الخطبِcalamity أعوانُhelpers
أنيسٌ ولا في طَارِقِ الخطبِ أعوانُ
And misfortunes have left me alone, so I have no
The events have isolated me, and I have
companion, nor helpers when calamity comes calling.
No friend, nor in adversity allies.
كأنّيَas though I منof غيرِother than التّرابِdust نَبتْbecame inhospitable بيَto me الthe
كأنّيَ من غيرِ التّرابِ نَبتْ بيَ ال
بِلادُlands فماso there are no ليfor me فيon البَسيطةِthe earth أوطانُhomelands
بِلادُ فما لي في البَسيطةِ أوطانُ
As though I were made of something other than dust, I was shunned by the
It seems as though, from other than dust, I grew
lands; so I have no homeland on earth.
In a land not mine, no native place have I.
أجولُI wander كماjust as جالتwandered قَذاةٌa mote بمُقلَةٍin an eye
أجولُ كما جالت قَذاةٌ بمُقلَةٍ
وأسْرِيand I journey by night وسَارِيwhile the night-roving النجمِstar فيin الأفْقِthe horizon حَيرانُbewildered
وأسْرِي وسَارِي النجمِ في الأفْقِ حَيرانُ
I wander as a mote wanders in an eye,
I roam like a splinter in an eyelid roams,
And I journey by night, while the night-roving star is bewildered on the horizon.
My destiny and course are to the stars perplexed and prone.
Sol 6.1