تَساوَيتُمُ لا أَكثَرَ اللَهُ مِنكُمُ

فَما فيكُمُ وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ مَحمودُ

You are all equal, may Allah increase your number

Among you, praise be to Allah, are the praised

رَأَيتُكُمُ لا يَنجَحُ القَصدُ عِندَكُم

وَلا العِرفُ مَعروفٌ وَلا الجودُ مَوجودُ

I saw you, no purpose succeeds with you

Nor is proper conduct known, nor generosity found

وَدِدتُ بِأَنّي ما رَأَيتُ وُجوهَكُم

وَأَنَّ طَريقاً جِئتُكُم مِنهُ مَسدودُ

I wish I had not seen your faces

And that I came to you by a blocked road

مَتى تُبعِدَنّي عَن حُدودِ بِلادِكُم

مُطَهَّمَةٌ جُردٌ وَمَهرِيَّةٌ قودُ

When will you take me away from the outskirts of your lands

Scorched, stripped bare, led by the halter?

وَأُصبِحُ لا يَجري بِبالِيَ ذِكرِكُم

وَتَقطَعُ ما بَيني وَبَينَكُمُ البيدُ

And I will wake with no thought of you in my mind

And the distance will cut what lies between us