أصبرواbe patient للرقاعwith the scraps of paper أكتبI write فيهاin them
أصبروا للرقاع أكتب فيها
كلّevery يومٍday حوائجيmy needs وصداعيand my headache
كلّ يومٍ حوائجي وصداعي
Bear with the scraps of paper on which I write
I write on scraps everyday
Each day my needs and my headache;
my needs and my headaches
واحسبواand suppose أنهاthat they كماas حكمdecreed الدهFate (word continues next line)
واحسبوا أنها كما حكم الده
رcompletes the preceding word 'Fate' عراةnaked تسمىare called بذاتby the name 'Dhāt' (possessor of) الرقاعthe patches
ر عراة تسمى بذات الرقاع
And suppose that, as Fate has decreed,
Consider them like the poor man's judgment
They are naked, called 'Dhāt al-Riqāʿ.'
bare necessities called by the name of scraps