بأبي أخوةٌ ترحَّلْتُ عَنهم

فترحَّلْتُ عن سُرورٍ وأُنْسِ

By my father, brothers with whom I journeyed

And so I journeyed from joy and companionship

فارَقوني فأَرَّقوني فأذكَوْا

شُعَلَ الوَجدِ في خواطِرِ نَفسي

They left me so they saddened me and ignited

The flames of passion in the thoughts of my soul

يقولونَ لو عاشَرْتَنا ووصلْتَنا

وهَيْهات أينَ القَومُ منِّي ومن جِنسي

They say, “If only you had stayed with us and kept us company”

Alas! Where are those people to me or of my kind?

وكيفَ وِصالي فرقةً فَرْقُ بينِهم

وبَيني كَفرْقِ الجِنِّ من فِرَقِ الإنسِ

How can my company be a kinship when separation

Lies between them and me like the separation of jinn from mankind

ومنزِلَةُ الأنسِ الذي فيه أُنسُهم

ويُوحِشُهُ جدِّي وما فيهِ من أُنْس

And the status of companionship in which their companionship lies

While my seriousness makes me lonely and lacking their companionship