ظَنَنتُ حَسِبتُ خِلتُ زَعَمتُ أَن قَد

ظَنَنتُ حَسِبتُ خِلتُ زَعَمتُ أَن قَد

وَجَدتُ وَما رَأَيتُ وَلا عَلِمنا

وَجَدتُ وَما رَأَيتُ وَلا عَلِمنا

I thought, I reckoned, I supposed, I claimed that I had

I thought, I supposed, I imagined, I claimed that I had

found—yet I did not see, nor did we know.

Found you, yet I did not see you, nor did we know

وَلَولا دَخلُ أَفعالِ التَعَدّي

وَلَولا دَخلُ أَفعالِ التَعَدّي

عَلَيكَ مَعَ اِنخِفاضِكَ ما اِنتَصَبنا

عَلَيكَ مَعَ اِنخِفاضِكَ ما اِنتَصَبنا

And were it not for the interference of transitive verbs

And had verbs of transitivity not entered upon

upon you, despite your lowered state, we would not have stood upright.

You despite your lowness, we would not have stood up