كفَى حزَناً أنّي مقيمٌ ببلدةٍ

كفَى حزَناً أنّي مقيمٌ ببلدةٍ

يُعلّلُني بعدَ الأحبّةِ دَاهِرُ

يُعلّلُني بعدَ الأحبّةِ دَاهِرُ

It is sorrow enough that I dwell in a town

Enough sorrow that I dwell in a land

where Dāhir consoles me after my loved ones are gone.

Where, after loved ones, a vagrant consoles me,

يحدّثُني ممّا يُجمّعُ عقلُه

يحدّثُني ممّا يُجمّعُ عقلُه

أحاديثَ منها مستقيمٌ وجَائِرُ

أحاديثَ منها مستقيمٌ وجَائِرُ

He tells me, from what his mind gathers,

Telling me of whatever his mind can gather,

tales, some straight and others crooked.

Words, some straightforward, others twisted,

لقد ولّى زمانٌ نحنُ فيه

لقد ولّى زمانٌ نحنُ فيه

فُسقياً للحِمَام به ورُعيَا

فُسقياً للحِمَام به ورُعيَا

Indeed, the age we live in has turned away;

The days have certainly gone by when

so may death within it be watered and tended.

We were devoted to caring for the doves,

إسارٌ بين أتراكٍ ورُومٍ

إسارٌ بين أتراكٍ ورُومٍ

وفقدُ أحبّةٍ ورِفاقُ شَعَيا

وفقدُ أحبّةٍ ورِفاقُ شَعَيا

Captivity among Turks and Byzantines,

Now we are captives amid Turks and Byzantines,

and the loss of loved ones, and companions scattered afar.

Having lost loved ones and boon companions.