نامَ الخَليُّونَ مِن حَولي فقلتُ لهم

نامَ الخَليُّونَ مِن حَولي فقلتُ لهم

ما كلُّ عَينٍ لها عَينٌ تُسهِّدُها

ما كلُّ عَينٍ لها عَينٌ تُسهِّدُها

The carefree slept around me, and I said to them:

The carefree slept around me, so I said to them:

Not every eye has another eye to keep it awake.

Not every eye has an eye that keeps it sleepless.

لا تُنكِروا عُقلَتي عامَينِ في يَدِهِ

لا تُنكِروا عُقلَتي عامَينِ في يَدِهِ

فإنَّ صَيداءَ مَعروفٌ تَصيُّدُها

فإنَّ صَيداءَ مَعروفٌ تَصيُّدُها

Do not reproach my two-year captivity in his hand;

Do not wonder at my two years of captivity in his hand;

for an experienced hunter was the one who ensnared it.

for Sidon's ensnaring is well known.

كأنَّما أهلُها أهلُ المُقِيم بها

كأنَّما أهلُها أهلُ المُقِيم بها

فذلِكَ الزُّهدُ في الأوطانِ يُبعدها

فذلِكَ الزُّهدُ في الأوطانِ يُبعدها

It is as though her people were the people of the one who dwells within her—

As though her people were family to whoever dwells there;

such indifference to homelands is what carries her far away.

and such indifference to homelands keeps them far away.