أُنادي خَليطا بائِناً حينَ أعصَفَت

أُنادي خَليطا بائِناً حينَ أعصَفَت

شآميةُ الأقراب نكباءُ حَرجَفُ

شآميةُ الأقراب نكباءُ حَرجَفُ

I call out to a departing beloved, as there raged

I call to departed companions, when a wind blew fiercely—

a wind out of Syria, cold-flanked—a slanting, bitter gale.

Syrian-flanked, slanting and bitterly cold.

ومن لا يَزَل يَستَحمِل الناسَ نفسَهُ

ومن لا يَزَل يَستَحمِل الناسَ نفسَهُ

يعنَّف ويُنكرهُ الذي كان يَعرِفُ

يعنَّف ويُنكرهُ الذي كان يَعرِفُ

And whoever keeps making people bear the burden of his company

And whoever keeps imposing himself on people

is rebuked and disowned by one who once knew him.

is rebuked, and the one who once knew him disowns him.