صَرَف اللِّحاظَ عن الوُشَا

صَرَف اللِّحاظَ عن الوُشَا

ةِ إلى الكَئِيب وما يَسُرُّهْ

ةِ إلى الكَئِيب وما يَسُرُّهْ

He turned his glances away from the slanderers

He turned his gaze from joyfulness

toward the sorrowful one, and it does not please him;

To grief, which always pleases him,

أبداً يَميِلُ إليهمُ

أبداً يَميِلُ إليهمُ

مَيْلَ المريضِ لِمَا يضُرُّهْ

مَيْلَ المريضِ لِمَا يضُرُّهْ

always he inclines toward them,

Just as a sick man's fancy strays

as a sick man inclines toward what harms him.

To things that will do further harm.