قصدتُI sought حماكyour sanctuary أرجيI hope for الغنىwealth
قصدتُ حماك أرجي الغنى
وأشكوand I complain منfrom العسرhardship داءًan ailment دفيناhidden
وأشكو من العسر داءً دفينا
I sought your sanctuary, hoping for wealth,
I sought your sanctuary, hoping for wealth,
And complain of hardship—a deep-seated malady.
and complain of a hidden ailment born of hardship.
فماso not كانَwas بينيbetween me وبينand between اليسارprosperity
فما كانَ بيني وبين اليسار
سوىexcept أنthat مددتُI stretched out إليكَto you اليميناthe right hand
سوى أن مددتُ إليكَ اليمينا
So nothing lay between prosperity and me
So nothing stood between me and prosperity
Save that I stretched my right hand out to you.
except that I stretched out my right hand to you.