فارَقَتني ذخيرةٌ من عَقارٍ

فارَقَتني ذخيرةٌ من عَقارٍ

ذكرتني تفرّقَ الأحبابِ

ذكرتني تفرّقَ الأحبابِ

A reserve of landed wealth has left me,

A treasured holding of landed property parted from me;

A store of fragrant herbs has left me

reminding me of the parting of loved ones.

It reminded me of the parting of loved ones.

Reminding me of friends now gone

وسواء بَيْعٌ الرِّقَاب من المالِ

وسواء بَيْعٌ الرِّقَاب من المالِ

إذا بعتها وضروبُ الرِّقَابِ

إذا بعتها وضروبُ الرِّقَابِ

And selling the very substance of one’s wealth is all the same—

And selling property holdings from one's wealth is no different,

Whether money buys men’s lives or merely

once it is sold—as blows struck upon the neck.

when you sell them, from blows to necks.

Their bodies, it makes slaves of lives.