سَجَدناwe prostrated ourselves لِلقُرودِbefore the monkeys رَجاءَin hope of دُنياworldly gain
سَجَدنا لِلقُرودِ رَجاءَ دُنيا
حَوَتهاheld it دونَناto our exclusion أَيديhands القُرودِof the monkeys
حَوَتها دونَنا أَيدي القُرودِ
We prostrated ourselves before the apes, hoping for worldly fortune—
We prostrated ourselves before the monkeys, hoping for worldly gain
which the apes’ hands held, withholding it from us.
Which the monkeys’ hands held, to our exclusion.
فَلَمso did not تَرجِعreturn أِنامِلُناour fingertips بِشَيءٍwith anything
فَلَم تَرجِع أِنامِلُنا بِشَيءٍ
رَجَوناهُwe hoped for it سِوىexcept ذُلِّhumiliation السُجودِprostration
رَجَوناهُ سِوى ذُلِّ السُجودِ
But our fingers returned with nothing of worth
So our fingertips returned with nothing
that we had hoped for, save the humiliation of prostration.
We had hoped for, save the humiliation of prostration.
