نسوني فلا ألقى سلاماً ولا ردّا

كأني أقمت اليوم دونهم سدّا

They forgot me, so I give no greeting nor response,

As if today I built a dam between us.

تلاهَوا وألهَوا عن أخيهم أباهمُ

وما هو إلا أرشد الأخوةِ الأهدى

They played and were distracted from their brother, their father,

Yet he is the most righteous of brothers, the most guided.

وهم أنكروا بعد الذي سال من دمي

ودمعيَ ما أخفى الزمان وما أبدى

After what spilled of my blood,

And my tears, what time concealed and revealed,

وهم حرموني بعد ما طال ضنهم

بذكريَ بين الجند أن أشهد الجندا

They deprived me, after their malice lengthened,

That I be mentioned among the soldiers, that I attend the troops.

تمر بيَ الأحداث شتى وليس لي

بها خبرٌ يتلى ولا أثر يهدى

Diverse events pass me by, and I have of them

No news to recite, nor trace to guide.

وأيسر لي فقدي بقية صحتي

لدى القوم من فقدي الأمانة والعهدا

It was easier for me to lose what remained of my health

Among the people, than to lose my pledge and covenant.

وإنيَ في الدنيا وفيهم لزاهدٌ

فما أشتهي قرباً ولا أشتكي بعدا

Though in this world and among them I live ascetically,

I desire no closeness, and complain of no distance.

وقد كنت أنأى مكرهاً عن ديارهمْ

فأصبحتُ أنأى عن ديارِهمُ عمدا

I used to shy away reluctantly from their homes,

But now I shy away from their homes deliberately.