لَقَدindeed عَلِمتُI have learned وَماليand I do not have ماanything that أَعيشُI live بِهِon it
لَقَد عَلِمتُ وَمالي ما أَعيشُ بِهِ
أَنَّthat الَّتيthat which أَدرَكَتنيhas overtaken me حِرفَةُill fortune الأَدَبِliterature
أَنَّ الَّتي أَدرَكَتني حِرفَةُ الأَدَبِ
I have indeed learned, with nothing to live on,
that what has overtaken me is the ill fortune of letters.