اتعسmost wretched الخلقall creatures شاعرa poet طعنتهstabbed him
اتعس الخلق شاعر طعنته
حادثاتmisfortunes الايامthe days طعناًa stabbing دراكاrepeated
حادثات الايام طعناً دراكا
The most wretched of all creatures is a poet stabbed
The poet, most wretched of men -
by the misfortunes of time, blow after blow.
The days' events have pierced him with spears,
قدhave جنىgathered منfrom اغراسهhis plantings الناسthe people ورداًroses
قد جنى من اغراسه الناس ورداً
وهوand he منهنfrom them قدhas جنىgathered اشواكاthorns
وهو منهن قد جنى اشواكا
People have gathered roses from his plantings,
While people plucked roses from his gardens,
while he has gathered thorns from them.
He himself has plucked but thorns from there.