وَرَدتُ إِلى دارِ المَصائِبِ مُجبَراً

وَرَدتُ إِلى دارِ المَصائِبِ مُجبَراً

وَأَصبَحتُ فيها لَيسَ يُعجِبُني النَقلُ

وَأَصبَحتُ فيها لَيسَ يُعجِبُني النَقلُ

I came, compelled, to the abode of calamities.

I have come back to the abode of afflictions, compelled,

And there I find myself, with no liking for departure.

And I have found myself in it - moving does not please me.

أُعاني شُروراً لا قِوامَ بِمِثلِها

أُعاني شُروراً لا قِوامَ بِمِثلِها

وَأَدناسَ طَبعٍ لا يُهَذِّبُهُ الصَقلُ

وَأَدناسَ طَبعٍ لا يُهَذِّبُهُ الصَقلُ

I suffer evils the like of which cannot be withstood,

I suffer evils that have no equal,

And the stains of a nature that polishing cannot refine.

And innate meannesses that are not refined by polishing.

سَحائِبُ لِلسُقيا وَسُحبٌ مِنَ الرَدى

سَحائِبُ لِلسُقيا وَسُحبٌ مِنَ الرَدى

وَنَبتُ أُناسٍ مِثلَ ما نَبَتَ البَقلُ

وَنَبتُ أُناسٍ مِثلَ ما نَبَتَ البَقلُ

Clouds for watering, and clouds of death,

Clouds for irrigation and clouds of debasement,

And people sprout just as herbs sprout.

And a growth of people like the growth of vegetables.

وَلِلحَيِّ رِزقٌ مِمّا أَتاهُ بِسَعيهِ

وَلِلحَيِّ رِزقٌ مِمّا أَتاهُ بِسَعيهِ

وَعَقلٌ وَلَكِن لَيسَ يَنفَعُهُ العَقلُ

وَعَقلٌ وَلَكِن لَيسَ يَنفَعُهُ العَقلُ

And the living have sustenance from what their striving has brought them,

And for the living there is sustenance from what his effort brings him,

And reason—yet reason does them no good.

And intellect - but intellect does not benefit him.