ولما صار ود الناس ختلاً

وأوحش ربعهم من بعد أنس

When people's affection turned to nothing,

And their community grew lonely after its intimacy,

ولم أظفر على جهدي بحُرّ

تركت هواهمُ وصحبتُ نفسي

When my efforts yielded no free person,

I abandoned their passions and kept my own company.