فَدَع عَنكَ قَوماً قَد كَفَوكَ شُئونَهُم

فَدَع عَنكَ قَوماً قَد كَفَوكَ شُئونَهُم

وَشَأنُكَ إِن لَم تَركُهُ يَتَفاقَمُ

وَشَأنُكَ إِن لَم تَركُهُ يَتَفاقَمُ

So leave alone a people who have spared you concern for their affairs;

Leave behind people whose affairs have wearied you,

Your own affairs, if you do not put them right, grow worse.

And your own affair, if you do not abandon it, will worsen.

فَلأَهدَينَّ مَعَ الرِياحِ قَصيدَةً

فَلأَهدَينَّ مَعَ الرِياحِ قَصيدَةً

مِنّي مُغَلغَلَةً إِلى هَمّامِ

مِنّي مُغَلغَلَةً إِلى هَمّامِ

So I shall surely send with the winds a poem,

So I will send with the winds a poem

From me, borne afar to Hammam.

From me, rolling on, to Hammam.