أَجَدَّ لَنا مِنكَ الوَداعُ اِنتِواءَةً

وَكُنتَ وَماتَنفَكُّ يَشغَلُكَ الشُغلُ

Parting from you has brought us intense sorrow

Though you were always busy with important affairs

فَوَاللَهِ ما نَدري الوِلايَةُ تَشتَكي

عَقابيلَها في مُنتَواكَ أَمِ العَزلُ

By God, we wonder if the emirate complained

Of your dwelling there or if it was your dismissal

أَمِ الحَظُّ مَخسوسٌ لَدَيكَ مُؤَخَّرٌ

عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ مِنكَ تَسفُلُ أَو تَعلو

Or if fate has enviously treated you poorly

In any case, you alternately rise and fall

أَسيرُ بِطيبِ النَفسِ مِنكَ عَلى الَّتي

تُجَرِّبُ مِن سوءِ المُجازاةِ أَو تَبلو

I leave you with good will for whatever

Ill-treatment or affliction you may experience

فَلا تَألُ في هَجري فَإِنّي مُتَيَّمٌ

عَلى هِجرَةٍ بالَغتَ فيها فَما آلو

So do not blame me for leaving, for I am determined

To undertake a journey from which no mounts return

لَنا رِحلَةٌ لَم تَسرِ عَنها مَطِيَّةٌ

سِوى ما أَفادَ الأَصدِقاءُ وَلا رَحلُ

We have a journey no riding beasts complete

Except what true friends afford, and no mounts endure

وَكِفلانِ مِن وَعدٍ عَلَيكَ مُقَدَّمٍ

أَطاعَ لَنا كِفلٌ وَمانَعَنا كِفلُ

And of a prior promise binding you

One sponsor allowed and one sponsor refused

فَما أَنتَ بِالمَرزوقِ إِن كُنتَ عازِماً

عَلى رَشَدٍ مِن فِعلِ مافَعَلَ النَغلُ

You cannot thrive if you intend to follow

The behavior of the crawling asp or adder