وَمَاand what بَالُails هَذَاthis الدَّهْرِage يَطْوِيfolds جَوَانِحِيmy ribs
وَمَا بَالُ هَذَا الدَّهْرِ يَطْوِي جَوَانِحِي
عَلَىaround نَفْسِthe soul of مَحْزُونٍa sorrowful person وَقَلْبِand a heart كَئِيبِdespondent
عَلَى نَفْسِ مَحْزُونٍ وَقَلْبِ كَئِيبِ
And what ails this age, that it folds my ribs
around a sorrowful soul and a despondent heart?
تَقَسَّمُنِيparcel me out الْأَيَّامُthe days قِسْمَةَthe division of جَائِرٍan unjust person
تَقَسَّمُنِي الْأَيَّامُ قِسْمَةَ جَائِرٍ
عَلَىbetween نَضْرَةٍbloom مِنْof حَالِهَاtheir state وَشُحُوبِand pallor
عَلَى نَضْرَةٍ مِنْ حَالِهَا وَشُحُوبِ
The days parcel me out as an unjust man would,
between the bloom and pallor of their state.
كأَنِّيas though I فيin كفِّthe palm of الوزيرthe vizier رَغِيبَةٌa lavish gift
كأَنِّي في كفِّ الوزير رَغِيبَةٌ
تُقَسَّمُis distributed فيin جَدوىthe bounty of أَغَرَّillustrious وهُوبِa lavish giver
تُقَسَّمُ في جَدوى أَغَرَّ وهُوبِ
As though I were a lavish gift in the vizier's palm,
dispensed through the bounty of an illustrious, lavish giver.
Translation model: Sol 6.1