إلى كَم أُعَنَّى بالسُّرى والسّباسِبِ

إلى كَم أُعَنَّى بالسُّرى والسّباسِبِ

ويُصدَعُ شَملي بالنَّوَى والنّوائِبِ

ويُصدَعُ شَملي بالنَّوَى والنّوائِبِ

How long must I be wearied by night journeys and barren plains?

For how long must I be distressed by exile and calamities

And my fellowship be shattered by separation and calamities?

As my ties are constantly severed by malice and misfortunes

فمَن لاقَهُ يوماً من الدّهرِ منزِلٌ

فمَن لاقَهُ يوماً من الدّهرِ منزِلٌ

فما مَنزلي إلا ظهورُ النَجائِبِ

فما مَنزلي إلا ظهورُ النَجائِبِ

If ever a dwelling has suited anyone in his lifetime,

So whoever meets time’s adversity at any point

My dwelling is nothing but the backs of fine-bred camels.

My only shelter becomes enduring tribulations

ومن رَاقَه خِلٌّ يُسَرُّ بِقُربِهِ

ومن رَاقَه خِلٌّ يُسَرُّ بِقُربِهِ

فيا ويحَ قلبي من فِراق الأقَارِبِ

فيا ويحَ قلبي من فِراق الأقَارِبِ

And if anyone delights in a dear friend, glad to be near him,

And whoever enjoys the company of a dear friend

Then alas for my heart at parting from kin!

Alas my heart, separated from loved ones

فلي كلَّ يومٍ من جَوى الهمِّ صاحبٌ

فلي كلَّ يومٍ من جَوى الهمِّ صاحبٌ

يُجدِّدُ أحزاني على فَقدِ صاحبِ

يُجدِّدُ أحزاني على فَقدِ صاحبِ

So each day, sorrow's burning anguish is my companion,

Thus each day I have a companion in the heat of worries

Renewing my sorrows over the loss of a friend.

Renewing my sorrows over the loss of a companion

ولي منزلٌ مَا مَسَّ جلدِي تُرَابهُ

ولي منزلٌ مَا مَسَّ جلدِي تُرَابهُ

ولا فيه أتْرابي ومَلْهَى مَلاعبي

ولا فيه أتْرابي ومَلْهَى مَلاعبي

And I have a dwelling whose dust has never touched my skin,

I have an abode whose soil has never touched my skin

Nor are my peers there, nor a place for my games.

Containing neither my peers nor the joys of my playgrounds