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These are their dwellings, do you not remember?

هذي منازلهم أما تتذكر

1. These are their dwellings, do you not remember?
I studied in their schools, now unrecognizable.

١. هذي منازلهم أما تتذكر
درست معاهدهم فأمست تنكر

2. The torrents have washed away their heights, as though
A cheek is furrowed by streaming tears.

٢. عفت السيول طلولها فكأنها
خدّى يخددها دموع تهمر

3. I studied their customs and the custom of my youth,
Over both shone light and blossoming gray hair.

٣. درست رسومهم ورسم شبيبتى
وعلاهما نَور وشيب أزهر

4. The grayness of old age on the chaste is a sign
White from misfortune, warning and alarming.

٤. لون المشيب على عذارى آية
بيضاء من سوء تروع وتنذر

5. They said: "Dye it!" But I said "I hate
Even the grayness of the living, so why should the dead be buried?"

٥. قالوا الخضاب فقلت أني ماقت
حىّ المشيب فكيف ميتا يقبر