غيرother than حَظّيmy luck لاnot ألومُI blame
غير حَظّي لا ألومُ
وهوand it is واللهِby God المشوُمُthe ill-omened one
وهو واللهِ المشوُمُ
I blame nothing but my luck.
I do not blame my ill-fortune,
And, by God, it is ill-omened.
Though it is, by God, unlucky,
كلّماwhenever رمْتُI sought مراماًa goal
كلّما رمْتُ مراماً
صدّنيit barred me عمّاfrom what أرومُI seek
صدّني عمّا أرومُ
Whenever I seek a goal,
Whenever I set out to attain a goal,
it bars me from what I seek.
It turns me from what I intend.
لمdid not يزلْcease يقعدsit فيin ماwhat
لم يزلْ يقعد في ما
لستُI am not أرضىpleased ويقومُand rises
لستُ أرضى ويقومُ
It keeps sitting amid what
It continues to sit in what
I dislike, and rising there.
I do not like and gets up,
إنif أنَبّههُI rouse it لأَمرٍfor a task
إن أنَبّههُ لأَمرٍ
فَهْوthen it is مِكْسَالٌvery lazy نؤَومُmuch given to sleep
فَهْو مِكْسَالٌ نؤَومُ
If I rouse it for a task,
If I alert it to something,
then it is a sluggard, a sleepyhead.
It is indolent and drowsy.