بأبي أخوةٌ ترحَّلْتُ عَنهم

بأبي أخوةٌ ترحَّلْتُ عَنهم

فترحَّلْتُ عن سُرورٍ وأُنْسِ

فترحَّلْتُ عن سُرورٍ وأُنْسِ

May my father be ransom for the brothers I departed from;

By my father, brothers with whom I journeyed

for I departed from joy and companionship.

And so I journeyed from joy and companionship

فارَقوني فأَرَّقوني فأذكَوْا

فارَقوني فأَرَّقوني فأذكَوْا

شُعَلَ الوَجدِ في خواطِرِ نَفسي

شُعَلَ الوَجدِ في خواطِرِ نَفسي

They parted from me, kept me sleepless, and kindled

They left me so they saddened me and ignited

the flames of longing in the thoughts of my soul.

The flames of passion in the thoughts of my soul

يقولونَ لو عاشَرْتَنا ووصلْتَنا

يقولونَ لو عاشَرْتَنا ووصلْتَنا

وهَيْهات أينَ القَومُ منِّي ومن جِنسي

وهَيْهات أينَ القَومُ منِّي ومن جِنسي

They say, 'If only you would keep our company and maintain ties with us.'

They say, “If only you had stayed with us and kept us company”

But that is impossible! How far these people are from me and my kind!

Alas! Where are those people to me or of my kind?

وكيفَ وِصالي فرقةً فَرْقُ بينِهم

وكيفَ وِصالي فرقةً فَرْقُ بينِهم

وبَيني كَفرْقِ الجِنِّ من فِرَقِ الإنسِ

وبَيني كَفرْقِ الجِنِّ من فِرَقِ الإنسِ

And how can I join a group when the divide between them

How can my company be a kinship when separation

and me is like the divide between the jinn and the groups of humankind?

Lies between them and me like the separation of jinn from mankind

ومنزِلَةُ الأنسِ الذي فيه أُنسُهم

ومنزِلَةُ الأنسِ الذي فيه أُنسُهم

ويُوحِشُهُ جدِّي وما فيهِ من أُنْس

ويُوحِشُهُ جدِّي وما فيهِ من أُنْس

And the place of fellowship in which they find comfort—

And the status of companionship in which their companionship lies

my seriousness makes it desolate, and there is no comfort in it.

While my seriousness makes me lonely and lacking their companionship