أَلا إِنَّ أَسبابَ الصَفاءِ تَصَرَّمَت

فَما لِمَوَدّاتِ الرِجالِ صَفاءُ

Alas! The means of sincerity are broken;

So the cordiality of men is insincere.

وَما لِجَميعِ العالِمينَ رِعايَةً

وَما لِجَميعِ العالِمينَ وَفاءُ

The whole world has no true care,

Nor has the whole world true fidelity.

أَلا إِنَّما آوى وَعَنقاءُ مَغرِبٍ

وَعُرسُ وَإِخوانُ الصَفاءِ سَواءُ

Alas! There is sincerity only in a secluded nook,

Or with kinsfolk whose sincerity equals mine.