1. A land invaded by the passage of nights
And a violator has made its sanctity permitted

2. So one who fell from its buildings is a martyr
And one who stayed, some are wounded

3. It's as if the one who visits is a doctor
Who has come to perform an autopsy on it

4. Four pillars and domes are foreign to it
To which the eloquent tongue had walked

5. How many meanings have been lost in those tunes
And how much beauty that tomb has concealed

6. And kings who worshipped time until
Time itself became an evident slave

7. They battled the occupier of al-Basaita until
The faded and crumbling one attained what he desired

8. When a fire of might ignited for them
Then a wind of victory blew for them

9. A trace that laments the effective one when
Distance from the fortress lasted long for him

10. So the hearts of the stars throb with passion
And the eyes of the clouds sorrowfully weep

11. How can the spirit of the house's dweller remain
When the soul has bid farewell to the body