1. Your peace has departed from me, O my friend
With sorrows that scorch the eyelids

2. I almost see my morning as darkness
And the causes of wishes have died for me

3. So many a companion I was forced to leave
And so many a lonely one I met as a mate

4. And so many a goal that has become out of reach
And left me moaning for it, sighing

5. And I cannot find among people a cure
For my affliction and my sorrows as a helper

6. For either a tyrant has clenched his fists
Or a libertine has abandoned religion and world

7. It is as if people have become wolves
That gulp down the barren and the fertile

8. If I fancied that they would provide support
The tribes proved otherwise

9. And if I sought their friendship
I found smoke or fire

10. It is as if estrangement to them is perpetual
And when the cheek became rough they provided solace

11. If I distanced myself from them, they raged in madness
And if I drew nearer, they raved in foolishness

12. Time fights whoever remains peaceful
And mutilates whoever remains faithful

13. That has been its way with us since old
So do not be surprised at a deed that was fated

14. I see you have realized my state, consoling me
Do you realize what destiny has unfolded?

15. My loved ones have departed from me and I
Yearn for their reunion, pining

16. I see myself, after their separation
Gloomy like a father who lost his sons

17. So I have no liveliness in my day
Nor do I find tranquility in my night

18. Oh, the length of my separation and burning
For the absence of all my loved ones

19. And you are the dearest to me in status
So stay, I implore you, protected and safe