ما لي بأوطانٍ أَخَصُّ صفاتِها

يتساويان كريمُها ولئيمُها

I have no special homelands whose traits

Are equal between the noble and the vile

من شأنها تهجو مديح نزيلِها

ظُلماً كما يهجو الحسيبَ زنيمُها

It is their way to praise their guest

Unjustly as they vilify the virtuous

آليت أني لا أقيم بأرضها

أبداً ولو أن الكليم كليمها

I decided not to stay in its land

Forever even if its friend was a friend

أهوى سواها راغباً عنها ولو

قد رقَّ منها ماؤها ونسيمها

I love other than it, desiring away from it

Even if its water was soft and its breeze was pleasant

ولأهجرنَّ ربوعَها فلأنها

بلدٌ تضيق على الكرام رسومها

And I will certainly abandon its lands because

They are a country that restricts its noble customs

دعها ولا تحفل بها يا طالما

عزَّ اللئيمُ بها وذلَّ كريمها

Leave it and do not care for it, O how long

The vile prospered in it and the noble was humiliated