وصفَprescribed الصّبرَpatience ليto me جهولٌan ignorant person بأمريof my situation
وصفَ الصّبرَ لي جهولٌ بأمري
فارغُfree البالِthe mind منfrom هُمومِيmy worries وفِكريand my thoughts
فارغُ البالِ من هُمومِي وفِكري
One ignorant of my plight prescribed patience to me,
An ignorant one described patience to me
His mind free of my worries and thoughts,
With an empty mind, unaware of my worries and thoughts
مستريحٌat ease مَاnot قلبُهُhis heart مثلُlike قَلبِيmy heart
مستريحٌ مَا قلبُهُ مثلُ قَلبِي
لاَno ولاَnor دهرُهُhis fate ظَلومٌoppressive كدَهرِيlike my fate
لاَ ولاَ دهرُهُ ظَلومٌ كدَهرِي
At ease—his heart is not like mine;
At ease while my heart is not like his
No, nor is his fate as oppressive as mine.
No, nor is his time as oppressive as mine
مالَهhe has no بالهُمومِwith sorrows عهدٌacquaintance ولاnor اضْطُرْwas compelled (continued)
مالَه بالهُمومِ عهدٌ ولا اضْطُرْ
رَcompletion of 'was compelled' إلىto الصّبرِpatience باقْتِسَارٍby compulsion وقَهرِand coercion
رَ إلى الصّبرِ باقْتِسَارٍ وقَهرِ
He has no acquaintance with sorrows, nor has he been forced
He has no experience with worries, no compulsion
To patience by compulsion and coercion.
To patience through limitation and coercion
وأناand I الدّهْرَalways فيamid خطوبِcalamities زمانٍtime
وأنا الدّهْرَ في خطوبِ زمانٍ
أشربُI drink الصّبرَbitter aloes (a pun on patience) فيهin it منthanks to حُسنِthe excellence of صَبريmy patience
أشربُ الصّبرَ فيه من حُسنِ صَبري
And I, ever amid the calamities of time,
While I, through the tribulations of time
Drink bitter aloes therein, thanks to my steadfast patience.
Drink patience in it from my fine patience
صارَhas become ليfor me عادةًa habit فلوso even if ضَاقَgrew narrow رحْبُthe wide expanse الthe (attached to the next line's noun)
صارَ لي عادةً فلو ضَاقَ رحْبُ ال
أرضِearth عنّيfor me ماnot ضَاقgrew narrow بالصَّبرِfor patience صَدْريmy breast
أرضِ عنّي ما ضَاق بالصَّبرِ صَدْري
It has become my habit; even if the wide expanse of the
It has become my habit, so if the expanse of
Earth grew narrow for me, my breast would not be too narrow for patience.
The earth shrinks around me, my chest won't shrink from patience
Sol 6.1