ولربماAnd perhaps كدحtoiled الحكيمthe sage لفكرةٍover an idea
ولربما كدح الحكيم لفكرةٍ
وسواهand someone other than him أدركهاgrasped it بأولat the first نظرةِglance
وسواه أدركها بأول نظرةِ
And a sage may toil over an idea,
Perhaps the wise man toils for an idea
while someone else grasps it at first glance.
While another grasps it at first glance