1. أيُّها الرَّبْعُ المُحيلُ

    جَدَّ بي عنكَ الرَّحيلُ

    O desolate dwelling,

    departure from you has become urgent for me.

  2. لستَ بالدّارِ ولا في

    كَ لِمَنْ يَضْحى مَقيلُ

    You are no home, nor within

    you is there a midday resting place for one who spends the day.

  3. غابَ عنِّي الرُّشدُ في

    قَصديْكَ والرأيُ الأصيلُ

    Prudence deserted me in

    my seeking you, and sound judgment too.

  4. غَلطةً كانت ولُطفُ اللَّ

    هِ ما زالَ يُقيلُ

    It was a mistake, and the kindness of

    God still grants pardon.

  5. ما مُقامُ الحرّ في أر

    ضٍ بها النَّاسُ قَليلُ

    What place is there for a free man in a

    land where the people are few—

  6. بلد فيه عزيزُ ال

    قومِ مَقهُورٌ ذليلُ

    a land where the honored man among the

    people is oppressed and abased?

  7. لستُ أرجوكَ وقد لا

    حَتْ لعينيَّ المَحُولُ

    I place no hope in you, now that

    barrenness has appeared before my eyes.

  8. إنما يرتادُ أرضَ ال

    مَحْلِ مغرورٌ جَهولُ

    None seeks a land of

    drought but a deluded ignoramus.