يا خَليلَيَّ لا أَذُمُّ زَماني

يا خَليلَيَّ لا أَذُمُّ زَماني

غَيرَ أَنّي أَذُمُّ أَهلَ زَماني

غَيرَ أَنّي أَذُمُّ أَهلَ زَماني

O my two friends, I do not blame my age;

My friend, I do not resent time

but I blame the people of my age.

Except that I resent the people of my time

لَستُ أُحصي كَم مِن أَخٍ كانَ لي مِن

لَستُ أُحصي كَم مِن أَخٍ كانَ لي مِن

هُم قَليلَ الوَفاءِ حُلوَ اللِسانِ

هُم قَليلَ الوَفاءِ حُلوَ اللِسانِ

I cannot count how many brothers I had among

I do not count how many a brother I had

them, scant in loyalty, sweet of tongue.

Who were unfaithful though sweet of tongue

لَم أَجِدهُ مُؤاتِياً فَتَصَدَّق

لَم أَجِدهُ مُؤاتِياً فَتَصَدَّق

تُ بِحَظّي مِنهُ عَلى الشَيطانِ

تُ بِحَظّي مِنهُ عَلى الشَيطانِ

I did not find him accommodating, so I gave

I did not find him loyal, so I gave up

my share of him as alms to the devil.

My share of him to Satan

لَيتَ حَظِّيَ مِنهُ وَمِن مِثلِهِ أَن

لَيتَ حَظِّيَ مِنهُ وَمِن مِثلِهِ أَن

لا تَراهُ عَيني وَأَن لا يَراني

لا تَراهُ عَيني وَأَن لا يَراني

Would that my lot with him and his like were that

I wish that my share of him and his like would be

my eye should not see him, and he should not see me.

That my eyes do not see him and he does not see me

أَحمَدُ اللَهَ كَيفَ قَد فَسَدَ النا

أَحمَدُ اللَهَ كَيفَ قَد فَسَدَ النا

سُ وَقَلَّ الوَفاءُ في الإِخوانِ

سُ وَقَلَّ الوَفاءُ في الإِخوانِ

I praise God—how corrupt people have become,

I praise God, how people have been corrupted

and how scarce loyalty is among brothers.

And loyalty among brothers has diminished