نسوني فلا ألقى سلاماً ولا ردّا
كأني أقمت اليوم دونهم سدّا
They have forgotten me, so I receive neither a greeting nor a reply.
As though today I had raised a barrier before them.
تلاهَوا وألهَوا عن أخيهم أباهمُ
وما هو إلا أرشد الأخوةِ الأهدى
They paid no heed to their brother and distracted their father from him,
Yet he is the wisest of the brothers, the best guided.
وهم أنكروا بعد الذي سال من دمي
ودمعيَ ما أخفى الزمان وما أبدى
And they denied—after all the blood I shed
And my tears—what time concealed and what it revealed.
وهم حرموني بعد ما طال ضنهم
بذكريَ بين الجند أن أشهد الجندا
And they barred me—after so long begrudging
Mention of me among the troops—from seeing the troops.
تمر بيَ الأحداث شتى وليس لي
بها خبرٌ يتلى ولا أثر يهدى
Events of every kind pass me by, and I have
No account in them to be recited, nor a work to be offered.
وأيسر لي فقدي بقية صحتي
لدى القوم من فقدي الأمانة والعهدا
And losing what remains of my health is easier for me
Among the people than losing my integrity and my pledge.
وإنيَ في الدنيا وفيهم لزاهدٌ
فما أشتهي قرباً ولا أشتكي بعدا
And I am indeed detached from this world and from them;
So I neither long for nearness nor complain of distance.
وقد كنت أنأى مكرهاً عن ديارهمْ
فأصبحتُ أنأى عن ديارِهمُ عمدا
And I used to keep away from their homes against my will;
So now I keep away from their homes by choice.
Sol 6.1