زارvisited فؤاديmy heart عائداًas a visitor to the sick طرفهhis gaze
زار فؤادي عائداً طرفه
كلاهماboth of them فيin الدهرtime; this world مضنىworn down by illness قديمlongstanding
كلاهما في الدهر مضنى قديم
His gaze visited my heart, as one visits the sick.
My heart was visited by one whose glance returned,
Both are longstanding sufferers in this world.
Though time had rendered both of us forlorn.
فقلتso I said اذwhen أبصرتI saw حاليهماtheir two conditions
فقلت اذ أبصرت حاليهما
مسعجباin astonishment عادvisited the sick السقيمthe ailing one السقيمthe ailing one
مسعجبا عاد السقيم السقيم
So I said, when I saw their two conditions,
When I beheld what fate had done to us,
in astonishment: “One invalid has visited another!”
I marveled that the stricken should return unto the stricken.