ذهبَ الذين إذا رأوني مقبلا

ذهبَ الذين إذا رأوني مقبلا

هشوا إليّ ورحّبوا بالمقبل

هشوا إليّ ورحّبوا بالمقبل

Gone are those who, whenever they saw me approaching,

Those who when they saw me coming,

greeted me joyfully and welcomed the one arriving.

Would rush to greet the new arrival,

وهم الذين إذا حملتُ حمالةً

وهم الذين إذا حملتُ حمالةً

وليقتهُم فكأنّني لم أحمل

وليقتهُم فكأنّني لم أحمل

And they were those who, whenever I shouldered an obligation

Are the same who now that I bear a burden,

and met them, it was as though I had shouldered none.

Act as though I wasn't carrying anything.