أَلا تِلكَ عَزَّةُ قَد أَصبَحَت

أَلا تِلكَ عَزَّةُ قَد أَصبَحَت

تُقَلِّبُ لِلهَجرِ طَرفاً غَضيضا

تُقَلِّبُ لِلهَجرِ طَرفاً غَضيضا

Behold, there is ʿAzza, now

Alas! That same pride has now become

turning a downcast eye because of separation.

Turning away a tender, tearful glance;

تَقولُ مَرِضنا فَما عُدتَنا

تَقولُ مَرِضنا فَما عُدتَنا

فَقُلتُ لَها لا أُطيقُ النُهوضا

فَقُلتُ لَها لا أُطيقُ النُهوضا

She says, “We fell ill, yet you did not visit us.”

And saying, "We are sick," but comes not nigh.

So I said to her, “I cannot get up.”

I said, "I have no strength left to advance."

كِلانا مَريضانِ في بَلدَةٍ

كِلانا مَريضانِ في بَلدَةٍ

وَكَيفَ يَعودُ مَريضٌ مَريضا

وَكَيفَ يَعودُ مَريضٌ مَريضا

Both of us are ill in the same town;

Both sick are we in the same little town,

and how can a sick person visit another?

And how should a sick man on a sick man rely?