تَرَكْتَ الدَّارَ حِينَ طَغَى أَذَاهَا

تَرَكْتَ الدَّارَ حِينَ طَغَى أَذَاهَا

وَأَضْحَى شَرُّهَا شَرّاً عَمِيمَا

وَأَضْحَى شَرُّهَا شَرّاً عَمِيمَا

You left the homeland when her harm overflowed all bounds,

You left the abode when its harm exceeded all bounds,

and her evil became an evil all-pervading.

And its evil became all-pervading.

فَلا المَظْلُومُ يَهْوَى أَنْ يَرَاهَا

فَلا المَظْلُومُ يَهْوَى أَنْ يَرَاهَا

وَلا المَأْلُومُ يَهْوَى أَنْ يُقِيمَا

وَلا المَأْلُومُ يَهْوَى أَنْ يُقِيمَا

Neither does the oppressed long to see her,

So the wronged do not wish to see it,

nor does one in pain long to remain.

Nor do the afflicted wish to remain.

وَمِثْلُكَ مَنْ تَوَرَّدَهَا عَيُوفاً

وَمِثْلُكَ مَنْ تَوَرَّدَهَا عَيُوفاً

وَمِثْلُكَ مَن جَلا عَنْهَا كَرِيمَا

وَمِثْلُكَ مَن جَلا عَنْهَا كَرِيمَا

One such as you enters her in aversion,

And one like you entered it with disdain,

and one such as you leaves her nobly.

And one like you departed from it nobly.

نَأَيْتَ مُخَلِّفاً ذِكْراً جَمِيلاً

نَأَيْتَ مُخَلِّفاً ذِكْراً جَمِيلاً

وَشِعْراً شَائِقاً يُصْبِي الْحَلِيمَا

وَشِعْراً شَائِقاً يُصْبِي الْحَلِيمَا

You went far away, leaving behind a beautiful memory

You went far away, leaving a beautiful remembrance,

and captivating verse that awakens youthful passion even in the self-possessed.

And captivating poetry that beguiles the sober-minded.

فَأَبْقَيْتَ النَّثِيرَ يَسِيلُ دَمْعاً

فَأَبْقَيْتَ النَّثِيرَ يَسِيلُ دَمْعاً

عَلَيْكَ أَسىً وَأَبْكَيْتَ النَّظِيمَا

عَلَيْكَ أَسىً وَأَبْكَيْتَ النَّظِيمَا

Thus you left prose flowing in tears,

So you left prose streaming tears,

grieving for you, and made poetry weep.

In sorrow for you, and made verse weep.