وَدَعاني مَعشَرٌ كُلُّهُمُ

وَدَعاني مَعشَرٌ كُلُّهُمُ

حُمُقٌ دامَ لَهُم ذاكَ الحُمُق

حُمُقٌ دامَ لَهُم ذاكَ الحُمُق

And a group summoned me, all of them

A group of fools invited me

fools—may that folly stay with them.

As long as that foolishness prevails

لَيسَ مِن جُرمٍ وَلَكِن غاظَهُم

لَيسَ مِن جُرمٍ وَلَكِن غاظَهُم

شَرَفي العارِضُ قَد سَدَّ الأُفُق

شَرَفي العارِضُ قَد سَدَّ الأُفُق

Not for any wrongdoing; rather, they were angered by

It was not a sin, but my temporary glory

my honor—a looming cloud that has blocked the horizon.

Has eclipsed their limited horizons