كأنماas though دنيايmy world أحبولةa snare
كأنما دنياي أحبولة
والمالand wealth فيهاin it طعمةbait الصائدthe hunter
والمال فيها طعمة الصائد
It is as though my world were a snare,
My world seems a lure,
And wealth within it the hunter’s bait;
With wealth the bait of the hunter,
فماso … not ترىsee عيناكyour two eyes منany بشرhuman being
فما ترى عيناك من بشر
إلاexcept عليهاover it حائمcircling واردapproaching
إلا عليها حائم وارد
So your eyes see no human being
So in every face you see
Except one circling over it, coming toward it.
Lurks a newcomer to plunder.