قدindeed أنزلbrought down الدهرtime حظيmy fortune بالحضيضto the depths إلىto
قد أنزل الدهر حظي بالحضيض إلى
أنthat اغتديتI became بماthrough what ألقاهI encounter it منهfrom it لقىa castoff
أن اغتديت بما ألقاه منه لقى
Time has brought my fortune down to the depths, to the point
My fate brought me down until
That I have become a castoff through what I suffer at its hands.
I became accustomed to its blows.
يضوعwafts forth عرfragrance (first fragment of عُرْف) فfinal fragment of عُرْف ('fragrance') اصطباريmy endurance إذas يضيعنيit lays me waste
يضوع عر ف اصطباري إذ يضيعني
والعودand aloeswood يزدادincreases طيباًin fragrance كلماwhenever احترقاit burns
والعود يزداد طيباً كلما احترقا
The fragrance of my endurance wafts forth as it lays me waste;
My dignity weakens as it leads me astray,
And aloeswood grows more fragrant whenever it burns.
Yet the oud's scent grows sweeter when aflame.