قَد أَقعَدَتني عَنكُمُ مَفاصِلٌ

قَد أَقعَدَتني عَنكُمُ مَفاصِلٌ

وَإِن أَقامَت في اِنقِطاعي عُذري

وَإِن أَقامَت في اِنقِطاعي عُذري

My joints have indeed kept me from you,

My joints have made me cease to see you all,

Though they have furnished my excuse for staying away.

And though my absence may excuse me still,

فَصِرتُ مِن بَعدِ الحَراكِ ساكِناً

فَصِرتُ مِن بَعدِ الحَراكِ ساكِناً

كَالياءِ في القاضي وَفي المُستَشري

كَالياءِ في القاضي وَفي المُستَشري

So, after movement, I have become motionless,

After much coming-going, motionless

Like the yāʾ in al-qāḍī ('the judge') and in al-mustashrī ('the rampant one').

Am I, like ya in judge and deputy.