ياO عجباًwhat a wonder ليfor me بعدafter عصرthe age of الصّباyouth
يا عجباً لي بعد عصر الصّبا
مخالفٌinconsistent فيin كلِّall حالاتيmy states
مخالفٌ في كلِّ حالاتي
Oh, how strange I am after the days of youth—
Oh, how strange I’ve become after my youth
Inconsistent in all my ways!
I’m different in all my states
أصبُوI yearn وقدthough already أصبحتُI have become منamong نسوتيmy women
أصبُو وقد أصبحتُ من نسوتي
ماemphatic particle بينbetween عمَّاتيmy paternal aunts وخالاتيand my maternal aunts
ما بين عمَّاتي وخالاتي
I yearn, though among my women I have come to be
I yearn while among my womenfolk
Between my paternal aunts and my maternal aunts.
My aunts and grandmothers alike