أُواصِلُI keep company with الهَمَّsorrow فيin ضيقٍhardship وَفيand in سَعَةٍease
أُواصِلُ الهَمَّ في ضيقٍ وَفي سَعَةٍ
كَأَنَّas though بَينيbetween me وَبَينَand between الهَمِّsorrow أَرحاماties of kinship
كَأَنَّ بَيني وَبَينَ الهَمِّ أَرحاما
I keep company with sorrow, in hardship and in ease;
I keep company with sorrow in hardship and in ease,
As though between sorrow and me lay ties of blood.
As though sorrow and I were bound by ties of kinship.
إِنَّindeed اِمرَأًa man عَظُمَتbecame great فيamong الناسِpeople هِمَّتُهُhis ambition
إِنَّ اِمرَأً عَظُمَت في الناسِ هِمَّتُهُ
رَأىregarded السُرورَjoy جَوىًheartache وَالوَفرَand abundance إِعداماdestitution
رَأى السُرورَ جَوىً وَالوَفرَ إِعداما
Truly, a man whose aspiration towers among men
Indeed, a man whose ambition is lofty among people
Sees delight as torment, and plenty as poverty.
Sees joy as heartache and abundance as destitution.
