1. أَخلَقَ الرَبعُ مِن سُعادَ فَأَمسى

    رَبعُهُ مُخلَقاً كَدَرسِ المَلاةِ

    Suʿād’s dwelling-place has fallen into decay, and now

    its site is worn away, like a threadbare cloak,

  2. بالياً بَعدَ حاضِرِ ذي أَنيسٍ

    مِن سُلَيمى إِذ تَغتَدي كَالمَهاةِ

    desolate, after being an inhabited camp with the company

    of Sulaymā, when she would set out in the morning like an oryx doe.