خُلِقَwas created الإِنسانُman فيin كَبَدhardship
خُلِقَ الإِنسانُ في كَبَد
بِوجودِthrough the presence of الأَهلِthe wife/family وَالوَلَدِand offspring
بِوجودِ الأَهلِ وَالوَلَدِ
Man was created in hardship,
Through having a wife and children.
كُلُّevery عُضوٍbodily member فيهِin him نافِعُهbeneficial to him
كُلُّ عُضوٍ فيهِ نافِعُه
غَيرexcept عُضوٍa bodily member ضَرَّcaused harm للأَبَدِforever
غَير عُضوٍ ضَرَّ للأَبَدِ
Every member of his body benefits him,
Except one member that has harmed him forever:
مُنتجٌproducing ذُلاًhumiliation وَفَقدand loss of عِنىًwealth (probable reading; text unclear)
مُنتجٌ ذُلاً وَفَقد عِنىً
وَفِراخاًand chicks جَمَّةَabundant in العَدَدِnumber
وَفِراخاً جَمَّةَ العَدَدِ
It breeds humiliation and loss of wealth [probable reading],
And chicks, abundant in number.
مَنwhoever يَمُتdies مِنهُمamong them يُذِقهmakes him taste أَسىًsorrow
مَن يَمُت مِنهُم يُذِقه أَسىً
أَوor يَعشlives أَلقاهcasts him فيinto نَكَدِmisery
أَو يَعش أَلقاه في نَكَدِ
Whoever among them dies makes him taste sorrow;
Or, if he lives, he casts him into misery.
عاشَlived فيin أَمنٍsafety فَتىa young man عَزبٌunmarried
عاشَ في أَمنٍ فَتى عَزبٌ
مُستَريحُat ease الفِكرِin mind وَالجَسَدِand body
مُستَريحُ الفِكرِ وَالجَسَدِ
An unmarried young man lived in safety,
At ease in mind and body.