ذَهبwent away الحمّصُthe chickpeas وَالوَعدُand the promise الَّذيthat
ذَهب الحمّصُ وَالوَعدُ الَّذي
سَدَّbarred عَنfrom إِنجازِهِits fulfillment كُلَّevery طَريقpath
سَدَّ عَن إِنجازِهِ كُلَّ طَريق
Gone are the chickpeas and the promise that
The chickpeas are gone, and the promise which
Barred every path to its fulfillment.
Every path to fulfillment has been blocked
طالَdragged on فيهِover it المطلُthe stalling حَتّىuntil إِنَّنيindeed I
طالَ فيهِ المطلُ حَتّى إِنَّني
قَدindeed تَمَثَّلتُI quoted بِشعرِwith the poetry of اِبنِson of حَريقḤarīq
قَد تَمَثَّلتُ بِشعرِ اِبنِ حَريق
The stalling over it dragged on so long that I
The waiting has been so long that I
Came to quote the poetry of Ibn Ḥarīq.
Have embodied the poetry of Ibn Hariq