أُواصِلُI keep company with الهَمَّsorrow فيin ضيقٍhardship وَفيand in سَعَةٍprosperity
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 prosperity,
As though there were ties of kinship between me and sorrow.
إِنَّindeed اِمرَأًa man عَظُمَتhas grown great فيamong الناسِpeople هِمَّتُهُhis ambition
إِنَّ اِمرَأً عَظُمَت في الناسِ هِمَّتُهُ
رَأىsees السُرورَjoy جَوىًheartache وَالوَفرَand abundance إِعداماdestitution
رَأى السُرورَ جَوىً وَالوَفرَ إِعداما
Indeed, a man whose ambition has grown great among men
Sees joy as heartache and abundance as destitution.