أَراهُم يَضحَكونَ إِلَيَّ غِشّاً

أَراهُم يَضحَكونَ إِلَيَّ غِشّاً

وَتَغشاني المَشاقِصُ وَالحِظاءُ

وَتَغشاني المَشاقِصُ وَالحِظاءُ

I see them smiling at me deceitfully,

I see them smile at me deceitfully,

And arrowheads and darts beset me.

While fates and fortunes cheat and fool me too,

فَلَستُ لَهُم وَإِن قَرُبوا أَليفاً

فَلَستُ لَهُم وَإِن قَرُبوا أَليفاً

كَما لَم تَأتَلِف ذالٌ وَظاءُ

كَما لَم تَأتَلِف ذالٌ وَظاءُ

So I am no companion to them, even if they draw near,

Though they draw near, familiar and close by,

Just as dhāl and ẓāʾ have never joined.

I'm not to them a friend, as dhal and zha do not agree.