لوif يفطنُwere aware العاتيthe insolent one الظلومُthe cruel oppressor لحالِهِof his plight
لو يفطنُ العاتي الظلومُ لحالِهِ
لبكىhe would surely weep عليهاover it فهْيَfor it is بئسَwretched is الحالُthe plight
لبكى عليها فهْيَ بئسَ الحالُ
If the insolent oppressor were aware of his plight,
he would weep over it, for wretched is that plight.
يكفيهِsuffices him شؤمُthe ill fortune of وفاتِهِhis death وقبيحُand the foulness of ماwhat
يكفيهِ شؤمُ وفاتِهِ وقبيحُ ما
يُثنىis said عليهِof him وبعدَand after ذاthat أهوالُterrors
يُثنى عليهِ وبعدَ ذا أهوالُ
Enough for him are his ill-fated death and the foul things
said of him—and after that come terrors.