مَنwhoever ملَّgrew bored فاهجُرهُthen leave him فَقَدْfor indeed
مَن ملَّ فاهجُرهُ فَقَدْ
أبدَىhas shown لكَto you اليأسَhopelessness المُبيناunmistakable
أبدَى لكَ اليأسَ المُبينا
Whoever grows bored, leave him, for he has
He who is tired, leave him be
shown you plainly that there is no hope.
For he has shown you clear despair
أعياhas exhausted شماسُunruliness أخِيone given to التَّلَوْfickleness (first part)
أعيا شماسُ أخِي التَّلَوْ
وُنِfickleness (completion) والمَلالِand boredom الرَّائِضيناthe tamers
وُنِ والمَلالِ الرَّائِضينا
The unruliness of one given to fickleness
My brother's sun has set, exhausted
and boredom has exhausted the tamers.
By grief and overwhelming boredom
لنwill not يرجعَreturn الفَخَّاُرpottery بعْafter (first part)
لن يرجعَ الفَخَّاُر بعْ
دَafter (completion) تَلاَفِهِits destruction بالكسرِby breaking طيناinto clay
دَ تَلاَفِهِ بالكسرِ طينا
Pottery will not return, after
The potter cannot, after it breaks
being shattered, to clay.
Remold the shattered clay again