غريبُكُمْ ليسَ لهُ دارُ

غريبُكُمْ ليسَ لهُ دارُ

ما هكذا يُحترمُ الجارُ

ما هكذا يُحترمُ الجارُ

The stranger among you has no home.

A stranger has no home

This is not how a neighbor is honored.

This is no way to honor a neighbor

طيّرني فكري إليكم وفي

طيّرني فكري إليكم وفي

قَلبي لطيرِ الغَمِّ أَوكارُ

قَلبي لطيرِ الغَمِّ أَوكارُ

My thoughts sent me flying to you, and in

My thoughts have flown to you all, while

my heart are nests for the birds of sorrow.

In my heart nest sorrow's birds

ومن ورائي فارْحَموا غُربتي

ومن ورائي فارْحَموا غُربتي

حدائقٌ غُلْبٌ وأَنْهارُ

حدائقٌ غُلْبٌ وأَنْهارُ

And behind me—so pity my exile—

Have mercy on my loneliness that comes from afar

lie thickly wooded gardens and rivers.

Gardens of anguish and rivers of pain

لكنَّني خلفتُهَا مُكرهاً

لكنَّني خلفتُهَا مُكرهاً

والدهرُ تاراتٌ وأَطْوارُ

والدهرُ تاراتٌ وأَطْوارُ

But I left them behind against my will,

I left them reluctantly

and time has its turns and changes.

Time is but loss and change

وفي نزول الخانِ عارٌ وفي

وفي نزول الخانِ عارٌ وفي

أمثالِكُم نارٌ ولا عارُ

أمثالِكُم نارٌ ولا عارُ

And there is disgrace in lodging at the inn, and in

In staying at an inn there is disgrace, but with

your proverbs: “Fire, but no disgrace.”

The likes of you, no fire or disgrace