كُلّناall of us جَرحىwounded خُطوبٍcalamities
كُلّنا جَرحى خُطوبٍ
ماnot لناfor us الدهرَthroughout time مريحone who brings relief
ما لنا الدهرَ مريح
All of us are wounded by Time’s calamities.
We are all wounded by calamities.
Time brings us no relief.
Throughout time, we have no one to bring relief.
فلهذاand for this reason لمnot (past negation) يكنbe يوfirst part of 'be found'
فلهذا لم يكن يو
جدُcompletion of 'be found' شامِيُّa Syrian صَحيحsound; uninjured
جدُ شامِيُّ صَحيح
And so there was not one
And so there was never
Levantine to be found unscathed.
found a Syrian unscathed.
