أكادI nearly أجنّI go mad ممّاfrom what قدindeed أجنّI conceal
أكاد أجنّ ممّا قد أجنّ
فلمfor ... did not يرsee ماwhat أرىI see انسhumankind وجنّand jinn
فلم ير ما أرى انس وجنّ
I nearly go mad from what I keep concealed.
I almost go mad from what has driven me mad
For neither humans nor jinn have seen what I see.
Yet no human or jinn has seen what I see
رميتI was struck منby الخطوبcalamities بمصياتwith deadly shafts (probable reading; text unclear)
رميت من الخطوب بمصيات
نوافذpiercing لاnot يقومwithstands لهاagainst them مجنّa shield
نوافذ لا يقوم لها مجنّ
Calamities have struck me with [deadly shafts],
I have been struck by misfortunes with deadly blows
Piercing ones that no shield can withstand.
Like windows with no protector to mend them
وجاورنىand lived beside me أناسpeople لوif أريدواthey were asked
وجاورنى أناس لو أريدوا
علىfor منفتcrumbled scraps ماwhat أكلوهthey ate it ضنواthey begrudged
على منفت ما أكلوه ضنوا
And my neighbors are people who, if asked
And I live among people who if they desired
For crumbs of what they had eaten, would begrudge them.
To eat my cooked meat would begrudge me it
فإنso if عنّتarose مسائلquestions مشكلاتdifficult
فإن عنّت مسائل مشكلات
أجالset turning سهامهمtheir arrows حدسa hunch وظنواand they guessed
أجال سهامهم حدس وظنوا
So if difficult questions arise,
So if intricate questions make things difficult
A hunch sets their arrows turning, and they guess.
They shoot their guesses and conjectures at me
وإنand if عرضتarose خطوبcalamities معضلاتintractable
وإن عرضت خطوب معضلات
توارواthey hid from sight واستكانواand grew submissive واستكنواand took cover
تواروا واستكانوا واستكنوا
And if intractable calamities arise,
And if complex misfortunes present themselves
They hide from sight, grow meek, and take cover.
They hide away, withdraw, and conceal themselves