ما بلُ ذاكَ البَيتِ الَّذي كُنتَ آلِفاً

أَنارَكَ فيهِ بَعدَ إِلفِكَ نائِرُ

What befell that house which you were once intimate with

It lit you within it after your intimacy a burning fire

تَزورُ بُيوتاً حَولَهُ ما تُحِبُّها

وَتَهجُرُهُ سَقياً لِمَن أَنتَ هاجِرُ

You visit houses around it you don't like

And abandon it, quenching for one whom you emigrate from

مُجاوِرَةٌ قَوماً عِدىً في صُدورِهِم

أَلا حَبَّذا مِن حُبِّها مَن تُجاوِرُ

Cohabiting with a folk having malice in their chests

Oh, how blessed from its love is one who cohabits