وماand whatever أخطأتI missed منof نشبwealth فمماso from what
وما أخطأت من نشب فمما
رمىshot فأصابنيand so struck me حظfortune الأديبthe man of letters
رمى فأصابني حظ الأديب
Not one shaft missed me—whatever was
And whatever wealth I failed to gain was due to what
shot struck me: such is the poet’s lot.
the man of letters’ fortune shot and struck me with.
يصيبhits the mark السهمthe arrow وهوwhile it is بكفin the hand of مخطone who misses
يصيب السهم وهو بكف مخط
ويخطيand misses السهمthe arrow فيin كفthe hand of المصيبthe one who hits the mark
ويخطي السهم في كف المصيب
An arrow hits, though held by one who misses;
The arrow hits its mark while in the hand of one who misses,
an arrow misses in the hand of one who hits.
and the arrow misses in the hand of one who hits the mark.
