أرىI see الناسthe people فيin خفضease منof العيشlife راغدٍabundant
أرى الناس في خفض من العيش راغدٍ
وإنيand indeed I لفيsurely in ضيقٍhardship منof العيشlife منكودِwretched
وإني لفي ضيقٍ من العيش منكودِ
I see people enjoying an easy, abundant life,
I see people living in ease and comfort
while I am indeed living in wretched hardship.
While I live in hardship and distress
وماand not ذاكthat إلاexcept حظُّهُمtheir luck متيقظawake
وما ذاك إلا حظُّهُم متيقظ
وحظّيand my luck أمسىbecame نامfell asleep نومةa sleep عبّودʿAbbūd
وحظّي أمسى نام نومة عبّود
That is only because their luck is awake,
That is just because their fortune is awake
while my luck has fallen asleep, sleeping the sleep of ʿAbbūd.
And mine fell asleep like one heavily drugged