وَلَرُبَّand indeed many a أَربَعَfour فيamong الوَرىhumankind لمdid not يَكفِهاsuffice them
وَلَرُبَّ أَربَعَ في الوَرى لم يَكفِها
ماwhat قدmay يُضافُbe added لهاto them مَدَىthroughout الأَزمانِthe ages
ما قد يُضافُ لها مَدَى الأَزمانِ
And indeed, four things in this world have never had enough
Of what may be added to them throughout the ages:
عينٌan eye وأُذنٌand an ear رؤيةٌsight ورِوايةٌand narration
عينٌ وأُذنٌ رؤيةٌ ورِوايةٌ
رَحِمٌa womb ونارٌand a fire لنwill never تقولَsay كفانيit has sufficed me
رَحِمٌ ونارٌ لن تقولَ كفاني
An eye and an ear—sight and tales—
A womb and a fire will never say, “I have enough.”