الغَوْثُHelp! قَدْalready أَكَلَhas devoured الصِيّامُfasting ثيابيmy clothes
الغَوْثُ قَدْ أَكَلَ الصِيّامُ ثيابي
وأَخَافُand I fear أَكْلَthe devouring تَسَخُّطِيmy resentment لِثَوابيof my reward
وأَخَافُ أَكْلَ تَسَخُّطِي لِثَوابي
Help! Fasting has already devoured my clothes,
and I fear my resentment will devour my reward.
قَدْalready بِعْتُI sold ماكُنتُwhat I had اشتَرَيْتُI bought وأَصعبُand the harshest الآthe pains (word begins here)
قَدْ بِعْتُ ماكُنتُ اشتَرَيْتُ وأَصعبُ الآ
لامِpains (word continues here) بَيْعيmy selling فيin الشِّتاءِwinter جِبابيmy robes
لامِ بَيْعي في الشِّتاءِ جِبابي
I have sold what I once bought; the worst of pains
is selling my robes in winter.
هذاthis وَقَدْwhile already هَجَمتْhave assailed عَلَيَّupon me جُيُوشُهُits armies
هذا وَقَدْ هَجَمتْ عَلَيَّ جُيُوشُهُ
تَنْجرُّtrail along أَطْلاباًtroops علَىupon أَطْلابِtroops
تَنْجرُّ أَطْلاباً علَى أَطْلابِ
All this, while its armies have assailed me,
trailing along, troop upon troop.
فَبِبَاطِنيso within me أَلَمpain الخَوَاءِemptiness وَظاهِريand my exterior
فَبِبَاطِني أَلَم الخَوَاءِ وَظاهِري
أَلَمُpain الهَوَاءِthe air فَلاso do not تَسَلْask عَمَّاabout what بيis with me
أَلَمُ الهَوَاءِ فَلا تَسَلْ عَمَّا بي
So inwardly I suffer the ache of emptiness, and outwardly
the ache of the air—so do not ask what ails me.
فَأَشَدُّyet worse مِنthan هذاthis نِدائيmy appeal مُعْلِناًproclaiming openly
فَأَشَدُّ مِن هذا نِدائي مُعْلِناً
لِنَداfor the bounty of الأَميرِthe emir فَلاyet not يُرَدُّis returned جَوابيmy answer
لِنَدا الأَميرِ فَلا يُرَدُّ جَوابي
Yet worse than this is my appeal, proclaimed aloud,
for the emir's bounty, yet no answer comes back to me.