قيلit was said ليto me لمwhy صرتyou have become منفرداsolitary
قيل لي لم صرت منفردا
مولعاconsumed بالهمّby worry والحزنand sorrow
مولعا بالهمّ والحزن
I was asked, “Why have you become solitary,
It was said to me, why have you become alone
consumed by worry and sorrow?”
Enamored with worries and sorrow
قلتI said همّيmy trouble أننيthat I رجلa man
قلت همّي أنني رجل
مولعabsorbed بالفكرin thought والفطنand discernment
مولع بالفكر والفطن
I said, “My trouble is that I am a man
I said my concern is that I am a man
absorbed in thought and discernment.
Enamored with thought and wisdom
لمdid not أجدI find فيamong الناسpeople ليfor me سكناa comforting companion
لم أجد في الناس لي سكنا
منصفاfair-minded فيin السرprivacy والعلنand public view
منصفا في السر والعلن
I found no comforting companion among people
I did not find in people a home for me
who is fair in private and in public.
Fair in secret and openly
فانفراديso my solitude أننيthat I رجلa man
فانفرادي أنني رجل
قلةlack الإنصافfairness أفردنيleft me alone
قلة الإنصاف أفردني
So I am solitary because I am a man
So my seclusion is that I am a man
whom lack of fairness has left alone.”
The scarcity of fairness singled me out