وَحَضَّand he urged الَّذيthe one whom وَلّىhe appointed عَلىto الصَبرِpatience وَالتُقىand piety
وَحَضَّ الَّذي وَلّى عَلى الصَبرِ وَالتُقى
وَلَمand did not يَهمُمِconsider الباليthe seasoned man بِأَنto يَتَجَشَّعاgive way to dismay
وَلَم يَهمُمِ البالي بِأَن يَتَجَشَّعا
And he urged the one he had appointed to patience and piety,
He urged patience and piety on one who turned away,
and the seasoned man did not think of giving way to dismay.
And cared not that misfortune made him beg.
وَلَوand if نَزَلَتdescended مِثلُthe like of الَّذيwhat نَزَلَتbefell بِهِupon him
وَلَو نَزَلَت مِثلُ الَّذي نَزَلَت بِهِ
تَرَكنَthey left المُذَرّىthe lofty summit مِنof أَجاAjā يَتَصَدَّعاsplitting apart
تَرَكنَ المُذَرّى مِن أَجا يَتَصَدَّعا
Had calamities like those that befell him descended,
Had what befell that man befallen him,
they would have left the lofty summit of Ajā splitting apart.
He would have left the rejected life of a beggar.