بَدَّلَ الدَهرُ مِن ضُبَيعَةَ عَكّاً

بَدَّلَ الدَهرُ مِن ضُبَيعَةَ عَكّاً

جِيرَةً وَهوَ يُعقِبُ الأَبدالا

جِيرَةً وَهوَ يُعقِبُ الأَبدالا

Time has put ʿAkk in Ḍubayʿa’s stead,

Time has substituted ʿAkk for Ḍubayʿa

as your neighbors, while it makes replacement follow replacement.

as neighbors—and it brings one replacement after another.