إذاif لمnot ألْقَI find فيin أمْرِيmy affair شَفِيعاًan intercessor
إذا لم ألْقَ في أمْرِي شَفِيعاً
فتَرْكِيthen my renouncing ماwhat أُرِيدُI desire أجَلُّgreatest شَافِعْintercessor
فتَرْكِي ما أُرِيدُ أجَلُّ شَافِعْ
If I find no intercessor in my affair,
If I find no intercessor for my affair,
then my renouncing what I desire is the greatest intercessor.
Then my abandoning what I want is the greatest intercessor.
أأخْشَىshould I fear? ضِيقَnarrowness صَدْرٍa breast منfrom لَئِيمٍa base man
أأخْشَى ضِيقَ صَدْرٍ من لَئِيمٍ
وصَدْرُand the breast البِيدِthe deserts والطُّرُقاتِand the roads واسعْwide
وصَدْرُ البِيدِ والطُّرُقاتِ واسعْ
Should I fear a base man's narrow breast,
Shall I fear the narrowness of a mean man's chest,
when the breast of the deserts and roads is wide?
When the chest of the deserts and roads is so spacious?