صبريmy patience الذيwhich اقتسمتهdivided it between themselves غربةٌexile ونوىand separation
صبري الذي اقتسمته غربةٌ ونوى
كأنماas though لهماthe two have فيin ذاكthat ميراثan inheritance
كأنما لهما في ذاك ميراث
My patience, which exile and separation have divided between them,
My patience, which exile and longing have shared
As though the two had an inheritance in it;
As if for them in that a heritage
وكلand every يومٍday علىdespite ماwhat فيهin it منof هرمold age
وكل يومٍ على ما فيه من هرم
يلقىit faces صروفvicissitudes اللياليthe nights وهيwhile they are أحداثyoung
يلقى صروف الليالي وهي أحداث
And every day, despite its old age,
And every day, with what it holds of age
It faces the vicissitudes of the nights, while they are young.
Meets the turns of nights and their events