جلا عني سلامك يا خليلي

من الأشجان ما يقذى الجفونا

Your peace has departed from me, O my friend

With sorrows that scorch the eyelids

أكاد أرى بها صبحي ظلاما

وأسباب الأماني لي منونا

I almost see my morning as darkness

And the causes of wishes have died for me

فكم من مؤنس فارقت رغما

وكم من موحش القى قرينا

So many a companion I was forced to leave

And so many a lonely one I met as a mate

وكم من مأرب قد ند عني

وغادرني ائن له انينا

And so many a goal that has become out of reach

And left me moaning for it, sighing

وما انا واجد في الناس طرا

على وطري واشجاني معينا

And I cannot find among people a cure

For my affliction and my sorrows as a helper

فاما قابض كفيه لؤما

واما مفلت دنيا ودينا

For either a tyrant has clenched his fists

Or a libertine has abandoned religion and world

كأن الناس قد صاروا ذئابا

تنوش الغث نوشا والسمينا

It is as if people have become wolves

That gulp down the barren and the fertile

اذا اوهمت ان بهم قمينا

بخير عاد من امم قمينا

If I fancied that they would provide support

The tribes proved otherwise

وان تقصد بساحتهم خدينا

تصادفه دخانا او اتونا

And if I sought their friendship

I found smoke or fire

كأن الهجر عندهم ادام

ومن وضر الخنى وردوا معينا

It is as if estrangement to them is perpetual

And when the cheek became rough they provided solace

اذا باعدتهم هاجوا جنونا

وان دانيتهم ماجوا مجونا

If I distanced myself from them, they raged in madness

And if I drew nearer, they raved in foolishness

يحارب دهرنا من كان سلما

ويختان الذي يبقى امينا

Time fights whoever remains peaceful

And mutilates whoever remains faithful

وذلك دأبه فينا قديما

فلا تعجب لفعل كان دينا

That has been its way with us since old

So do not be surprised at a deed that was fated

اراك دريت شاني راثيالي

فهل ادراك ما اجرى الشؤونا

I see you have realized my state, consoling me

Do you realize what destiny has unfolded?

بعاد احبتي عني واني

احن إلى وصالهم حنينا

My loved ones have departed from me and I

Yearn for their reunion, pining

اراني بعد فرقتهم

كآبة والد فقد البنينا

I see myself, after their separation

Gloomy like a father who lost his sons

فما بي في نهاري من حراك

ولا في ليلتي القى سكونا

So I have no liveliness in my day

Nor do I find tranquility in my night

فيا طول ائتراقي واحتراقي

على بعد الاحبة اجمعينا

Oh, the length of my separation and burning

For the absence of all my loved ones

وانت اعزهم عندي مقاما

فدم بالله معتصما مصونا

And you are the dearest to me in status

So stay, I implore you, protected and safe