1. سَلا رسوماً أقامتْ بعدَ ما ساروا

    أعِندها بمكانِ الحيِّ أخبارُ

    Ask, you two, the traces that remained after they departed:

    Have they any tidings of the clan’s whereabouts?

  2. ورَوّحا عاتقي من حَمْلِها مِنَناً

    للسُّحْبِ فيها وفي الأجفانِ إسْآر

    And ease my shoulder of its burden of favors;

    the clouds have remnants there and in the eyelids.

  3. رَبْعٌ وقفْتُ به والسّمعُ مُرتَنِقٌ

    عنِ الملامِ هوىً والدّمعُ مدرار

    A dwelling where I stood, my hearing closed

    to reproach out of love, while tears poured forth.

  4. كأنّني واضعاً خَدِّي به قَلَمٌ

    أبكِي أسىً ورُسومُ الدّارِ أسطار

    As I lay my cheek upon it, I am like a pen:

    I weep in sorrow, and the dwelling’s traces are lines.