رأيتI saw جماداتlifeless things الثرىthe earth ونباتهand its plants
رأيت جمادات الثرى ونباته
وكلand every خسيسvile creature دبcrawled فوقupon أديمthe ground’s surface
وكل خسيس دب فوق أديم
I saw the earth’s lifeless things and its plants,
I saw the inanimate things of the soil and its plants
And every vile creature that crawled upon the ground;
And every lowly creature that crawls upon the earth
فلمyet did not أرI see أهلاdeserving للمهانةof humiliation والأذىand harm
فلم أر أهلا للمهانة والأذى
كصدغlike the temple (side of the head) of لئيمa scoundrel الدهرthe age وابنand son of لئيمa scoundrel
كصدغ لئيم الدهر وابن لئيم
Yet I saw nothing so deserving of humiliation and harm
Yet I saw none as worthy of humiliation and harm
As the temple of the age’s scoundrel and son of a scoundrel.
As the vile cheek of time and the son of the vile one