أصبحhave become القومُthe people كلُّهمall of them شُعراءpoets
أصبح القومُ كلُّهم شُعراء
منfrom among نساءwomen أوor صبيةboys أَوor رجالِmen
من نساء أو صبية أَو رجالِ
All the people have become poets,
The people have all become poets
be they women or boys or men.
Women, boys, and men alike
لاnot أُغاليI exaggerate بماin what أَقولI say إِذاif هُمْthey
لا أُغالي بما أَقول إِذا هُمْ
قنعواhave been content مِنfrom حياتهمtheir lives بالخيالِwith imagination
قنعوا مِن حياتهم بالخيالِ
I do not exaggerate in what I say, if they
I do not exaggerate when I say
have settled for imagination in their lives.
They are content to live in fantasy