أَصبَحتُ بَينَ مَعاشِرٍ هَجَروا النَدى

أَصبَحتُ بَينَ مَعاشِرٍ هَجَروا النَدى

وَتَقَبَّلوا الأَخلاقَ عَن أَسلافِهِم

وَتَقَبَّلوا الأَخلاقَ عَن أَسلافِهِم

I have come to be among people who have forsaken generosity

I dwell among people who have abandoned kindness

And inherited their ways from their forebears.

And inherited their morals from their ancestors

قَومٌ أُحاوِلُ نَيلَهُم فَكَأَنَّما

قَومٌ أُحاوِلُ نَيلَهُم فَكَأَنَّما

حاوَلتُ نَتفَ الشَعرِ من آنافِهِم

حاوَلتُ نَتفَ الشَعرِ من آنافِهِم

People whose bounty I seek, as though

A people I try to befriend, but it is as though

I were trying to pluck the hair from their noses.

I were trying to pluck hair from their nostrils

هاتِ اسقِنيها بِالكَبيرِ وَغَنِّني

هاتِ اسقِنيها بِالكَبيرِ وَغَنِّني

ذَهَبَ الَّذينَ يُعاشُ في أَكنافِهِم

ذَهَبَ الَّذينَ يُعاشُ في أَكنافِهِم

Bring the wine, serve it to me in the large cup, and sing to me:

Give me a large cup and sing to me

“Gone are those in whose shelter one could live.”

Those I could take shelter with are gone