يأملhopes المرءthe man أنto يعيlive (first part of يعيش)
يأمل المرء أن يعي
شcompletes يعيش ('live') ويعطيand give ويملكand possess
ش ويعطي ويملك
A man hopes to li-
One hopes to live
ve, and give, and possess;
To give and to have
يتمنّىhe wishes ويشتهيand desires
يتمنّى ويشتهي
والمقاديرand the decrees of fate تضحكlaugh
والمقادير تضحك
He wishes and desires,
To wish and to want
while the decrees of fate laugh.
Yet destiny laughs