1. أَقفَرتَ مِن أَحيائِهِم وادي القُرى

    وَعَمَرتَ مِن أَمواتِهِم وادي الكَرى

    You have grown empty of their living, O Wadi al-Qura;

    And peopled with their dead, O valley of slumber.

  2. فَإِذا اِنتَبَهتُ مُحَدِّثاً عَيني بِما

    أَبصَرتُهُ قالَت حَديثٌ يُفتَرى

    Then, when I awake, telling my eye of what

    I have seen, it says, “A fabricated tale.”