تَألهclaimed godhood فيamong الوَرىhumankind فَرعونPharaoh مُوسىMoses
تَأله في الوَرى فَرعون مُوسى
وَخامرand possessed عَقلهhis mind حُبlove الرِئاسةleadership
وَخامر عَقله حُب الرِئاسة
Moses’ Pharaoh claimed godhood among humankind.
And love of leadership possessed his mind.
وَلاand not يَهوىhe desires سِوىexcept شَرهgreed بِفلسfor a copper coin
وَلا يَهوى سِوى شَره بِفلس
وَشيمتهand his nature الدَناءةbaseness وَالخَساسةand vileness
وَشيمته الدَناءة وَالخَساسة
And he longs only, greedily, for a copper coin.
And his nature is baseness and vileness.