إنindeed للحزنfor sorrow إلىtoward السيthe traveling (first fragment of السير)
إن للحزن إلى السي
رcompletion of السير, meaning traveling علىupon الأفواهthe mouths فقراa need
ر على الأفواه فقرا
Indeed, for sorrow, to tra-
Sadness possesses power
vel upon the lips is a need;
Over mouths into destitution
فاذاso when حررتهyou set it free منfrom
فاذا حررته من
بعدafter حبسconfinement كانit became شعراpoetry
بعد حبس كان شعرا
so when you set it free,
So if you free it after
after confinement, it becomes poetry.
Imprisonment, it becomes poetry