وقدand indeed اطمعتْhave emboldened فيَّagainst me الحوادثُmisfortunes منهمfrom among them
وقد اطمعتْ فيَّ الحوادثُ منهم
فقيراًa pauper وأعمىand a blind man يلمسfeels الأرضthe ground مقعداcrippled
فقيراً وأعمى يلمس الأرض مقعدا
And misfortunes have emboldened some of them against me:
Misfortune longs for me to be among them
A pauper and a blind man feeling the ground, crippled.
A poor blind man sitting low feeling the ground
يرومhe seeks ورجلاهwhile his two feet أستهhis buttocks خندفيَّهa Khindifite distinction
يروم ورجلاه أسته خندفيَّه
منof المجدglory أعيتthwarted ماwhat أمرَّhe twisted tightly واحصداand he bound firmly
من المجد أعيت ما أمرَّ واحصدا
He seeks—with his buttocks for feet—a Khindifite share
Seeking glory with shriveled legs under him
Of glory that has foiled all he twisted and bound fast.
Exhausted from hardship and loss my pride is bound