Farewell to The World - By Imam Al Shafe'i

This is a poem by Imam Al Shafe'i  (767 — 820 CE)

Here is the original poem in Arabic :

 

 اذا المرء لا يرعاك الا تكلفا                                                                            

 

  فدعه ولا تكثر عليه التاسفا                                                                
 ففي الناس ابدال وفي الترك راحة   

                                                                            

 وفي القلب صبر للحبيب ولو جفا         

فما كل من تهواه يهواك قلبه 

ولا كل من صافيته لك قد صفا                                                         
 اذا لم يكن صفو الوداد طبيعة                                                                      
 فلا خير في ود يجيء تكلفا                                                                            

ولا خير في خل يخون خليله 

 ويلقاه من بعد المودة بالجفا                                                                          
 وينكر عيشا قد تقادم عهده                                                                       
  ويظهر سرا كان بالامس قد خفا                                                                 
سلام على الدنيا إذا لم يكن بها                                                                       
صديق صدوق صادق الوعد منصفا   

 

English Translation : 

                                                              

If a person doesn't care about you sincerly

Just Leave him, and don’t be sad about it for so long

There are better substitutes in  the people   

And sometimes there is relief in leaving

   

 And there is always patience in the heart towards its loved one

 despite his harshness & coldness.

   

Not everyone that you love deeply feel the same for you  

And not all who you prefer most prefer you reciprocally

If the essence of love is not pretty natural

 

There is no good in an affection which is artificial

There is no good in a friend who is deceiving

And treats harshly just after being loving

Who denies the life previously cherished

And Disclosing secrets that were kept enclosed

 

Farewell to the world, if there is no one

true good friend who is honest, just and faithful.. ....................      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here  a part of the poem is used as lyrics for this song  ..... The music video is by a Saudi band named Al Farabi, most of their works is based on classical Arabic poetry .  

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. I don't own the  English translation of the poem, I was just fortunate enough to find its translation online.