يَقولونَthey say زُرناvisit us واقضِand fulfill واجِبَthe obligation حَقِّناour due
يَقولونَ زُرنا واقضِ واجِبَ حَقِّنا
وَقَدyet already أَسقَطَتhas lifted حاليmy plight حُقوقَهُمُtheir claims عَنّيfrom me
وَقَد أَسقَطَت حالي حُقوقَهُمُ عَنّي
They say, “Visit us and fulfill the duty you owe us.”
They say: Visit us and fulfill our rights
Yet my plight has absolved me of my obligations to them.
My state made me forget their rights
إِذاif أَبصَرواthey see حاليmy plight وَلَمand do not يَأنَفواfeel ashamed لَهاfor it
إِذا أَبصَروا حالي وَلَم يَأنَفوا لَها
وَلاnor لَهُمُfor themselves مِنهاbecause of it أَنِفتُI feel ashamed لَهُمfor their sake مِنّيof myself
وَلا لَهُمُ مِنها أَنِفتُ لَهُم مِنّي
If they see my plight and feel no shame for it,
If they saw my state and did not disdain it
nor for themselves on its account, I feel ashamed of myself for their sake.
I would not have disdained them from me