سَأَلتُهُI asked him حُوَيجَةًa small favor تَمَرَّضاhe feigned illness
سَأَلتُهُ حُوَيجَةً تَمَرَّضا
وَكانَand it happened ماwhat كانَhappened فَكابَدناso we endured القَضاfate’s decree
وَكانَ ما كانَ فَكابَدنا القَضا
I asked him for a small favor; he feigned illness.
And what happened happened, so we endured fate’s decree.