أسلفتI rendered previously أسلافكyour forebears فيماin what مضىhas passed
أسلفت أسلافك فيما مضى
منof خدمتيmy service إحدىone وستيناand sixty
من خدمتي إحدى وستينا
I gave your forebears, in days gone by,
Your forefathers before you
Sixty-one years of my service.
Owed me sixty years of service
كنتI was ابنaged عشرينtwenty وخمسٍand five فقدso indeed
كنت ابن عشرين وخمسٍ فقد
وفيتI completed بضعاًa few وثمانيناand eighty
وفيت بضعاً وثمانينا
I was twenty-five years old; now
I was twenty five years old when I
I have completed eighty years and a few more.
Fulfilled eighty two of them
إنيindeed I لمعروفٌsurely known بضعفfor weakness of القوىthe powers
إني لمعروفٌ بضعف القوى
وإنand even if تجلدتI showed fortitude أحياييناat times
وإن تجلدت أحيايينا
I am indeed known for feeble strength,
I'm known to be weak in strength
Though I muster fortitude at times,
Though I summoned up my vitality
وإنand even if تحملتI took upon myself علىdespite كبرتيmy old age
وإن تحملت على كبرتي
خدمةservice to أبناءsons; men aged الثلاثيناthirty
خدمة أبناء الثلاثينا
And though, despite my old age, I undertake
And though I endured in my old age
The service of men of thirty.
To serve the sons of thirty
هدتhave been shattered قوايmy powers ووهتand have weakened أعظميmy bones
هدت قواي ووهت أعظمي
وصرتand I have become فيin القلةdiminishment عزوناscattered groups (sense uncertain here)
وصرت في القلة عزونا
My strength has been shattered, and my bones have weakened,
My strength flagged and my bones weakened
And I have dwindled into scattered remnants.
And I became feebly helpless
وخفتand I feared أنthat يعجلmight hasten بيme along معجلa hastener
وخفت أن يعجل بي معجل
إلىto التيthat which تعييrenders helpless المداويناthe healers
إلى التي تعيي المداوينا
And I feared some hastener might hurry me
I fear my end is imminent
To that which leaves the healers helpless.
To what exhausts all remedies