أُسائِلُI inquire عَنabout ذاكَthat المحيّاthe face تَشَوُّقاًout of longing
أُسائِلُ عَن ذاكَ المحيّا تَشَوُّقاً
إليهfor it جميعَall العاملينَthe workers منَamong الورىhumankind
إليه جميعَ العاملينَ منَ الورى
I inquire about that face, yearning
I ask of him whose countenance gives life to longing
for it, of all the workers among humankind.
For him all the people of the world yearn
وغيرُand not عجيبٍsurprising للطبيبِfor the physician إذاwhen اغتدىhe sets out in the morning
وغيرُ عجيبٍ للطبيبِ إذا اغتدى
لِمنْto whomever يلتقيهِhe meets him بالسؤالِby asking عنِabout الخَراshit
لِمنْ يلتقيهِ بالسؤالِ عنِ الخَرا
And it is no wonder for the physician, when he sets out in the morning,
It is no wonder for the healer if he is lost
to ask whomever he meets about shit.
To whom he meets with questions of ruin