إِذا أَنا لا أَشتاقُ أَرضَ عَشيرَتي
فَلَيسَ مَكاني في النُهى بِمَكينِ
If I do not yearn for the land of my kin,
then no firm place is mine among the wise.
مِنَ العَقلِ أَن أَشتاقَ أَوَّلَ مَنزِلٍ
غَنيتُ بِخَفضٍ في ذُراهُ وَلينِ
It is only reasonable that I should yearn for my first abode,
where I lived within its shelter in comfort and ease—
وَرَوضٍ رَعاهُ بِالأَصائِلِ ناظِري
وَغُصنٍ ثَناهُ بِالغَداةِ يَميني
and for a meadow my eyes tended in the evenings,
and a bough my right hand bent down in the morning.
وَإِنِّيَ لا أَنسى العُهودَ إِذا أَتَت
بَناتُ النَوى دونَ الخَليطِ وَدوني
And I do not forget my pledges when there come
the daughters of separation between my companions and me.
إِذا أَنا لَم أَرعَ العُهودَ عَلى النَوى
فَلَستَ بِمَأمونٍ وَلا بِأَمينِ
If, though far away, I do not honor those pledges,
then you are neither one to be trusted nor one who is true.
Sol 5.6