اخا الرأي دع هذا الزمان واهله

وودعه لا ترمق بعينك كله

O brother of opinion, leave this time and its people

And bid it farewell, do not glance at it whole

ولا تقطعن من مسقط الرأس حبله

إذا اغترب الحر الكريم بدت له

And do not sever the rope from the place of birth

If the free honorable man becomes an expatriate, ways will appear to him

يشتت منهن اكتئابا يقينه

اذا لم يثبته ويحفظه دينه

That will scatter depression, spoiling his certainty

If his religion does not make him steadfast and preserve him

فهاهن والله العظيم يعينه

تفرق احباب ونذل يهينه

Friends are dispersed, and the ignoble demean him

And if he dies, none will rend their garments for him

وان مات لم يشقق عليه ثياب