أَرى الإِخوانَ في هُجرٍ أَقاموا

أَرى الإِخوانَ في هُجرٍ أَقاموا

وَخانَ الخِلُّ وَاِفتُقِدَ الذِمامُ

وَخانَ الخِلُّ وَاِفتُقِدَ الذِمامُ

I see the brethren abiding in estrangement,

I see my brethren settled in estrangement

I see the brethren have settled in estrangement,

And the close friend has proved faithless, and the bond of loyalty is lost.

Loyalty has failed and the bond is lost

The friend has betrayed, and the covenant is lost.

وَوَدَّعَني الصِبا وَعَريتُ مِنهُ

وَوَدَّعَني الصِبا وَعَريتُ مِنهُ

كَما مِن غِمدِهِ خَرَجَ الحُسامُ

كَما مِن غِمدِهِ خَرَجَ الحُسامُ

And youth has bid me farewell, and I have been stripped of it,

Farewell bid youth and I'm stripped of it

Youth has bade me farewell, and I am stripped of it,

As the keen sword came forth from its sheath.

As the sword leaves its sheath

Just as the sword is drawn naked from its sheath.

فَصِرتُ مُلازِماً لِذِنابِ عَيشٍ

فَصِرتُ مُلازِماً لِذِنابِ عَيشٍ

تَضَمَّنَهُ اِعوِجاجٌ وَاِنهِدامُ

تَضَمَّنَهُ اِعوِجاجٌ وَاِنهِدامُ

So I have become bound to the tail end of a life

So I'm stuck with a life of misfortune

So I have come to cling to the remnants of a life

Encompassed by crookedness and collapse.

Twisted and crumbling as it may be

That holds within it crookedness and ruin.