عَفا مَثعَرٌ مِن أَهلِهِ فَثَقيبُ

عَفا مَثعَرٌ مِن أَهلِهِ فَثَقيبُ

فَسَفحُ اللِوى مِن سائِرٍ فَجَريبُ

فَسَفحُ اللِوى مِن سائِرٍ فَجَريبُ

Math‘ar lies desolate, bereft of its people, and Thaqīb too;

A wanderer left his people, so a gap remained

and the slope of al-Liwā in Sā’ir, and Jarīb;

And the slopes of al-Liwa have become desolate and lonely

فَذو السَرحِ أَقوى فالبراقُ كأَنَّها

فَذو السَرحِ أَقوى فالبراقُ كأَنَّها

بِحورَةَ لَم يَحلُل بِهِنَّ عَريبُ

بِحورَةَ لَم يَحلُل بِهِنَّ عَريبُ

and Dhū al-Sarḥ lies deserted, and al-Birāq—as though

The one with disheveled hair is stronger, and al-Baraq is as if

at Ḥawrah no soul had ever dwelt in them.

At Hurrah, no Arab tribesman had settled