أَمّاas for الجِيادُthe fine verses فَكُلُّthen all الناسِpeople يَحفَظُهاmemorize them
أَمّا الجِيادُ فَكُلُّ الناسِ يَحفَظُها
وَفيand in المَعيشَةِearning a living أَشياءٌthings مَناكيرُstrange and troubling
وَفي المَعيشَةِ أَشياءٌ مَناكيرُ
As for fine verses, everyone knows them by heart.
And in earning a living there are strange things.
وَكُلُّand every قِسمٍshare فَلِلعُقبانِthen for the eagles أَكثَرُهُmost of it
وَكُلُّ قِسمٍ فَلِلعُقبانِ أَكثَرُهُ
وَالحَظُّand fortune شَيءٌa thing عَلَيهِto it الدَهرُtime مَقصورُbound
وَالحَظُّ شَيءٌ عَلَيهِ الدَهرُ مَقصورُ
And of every share, the eagles have the greater part.
And fortune is a thing to which time is bound.