1. سائلِ الدارَ إنْ سألتَ خبيرا

    واستجِرْ بالدموع تَدْعُ مُجيرا

    Question the dwelling, if you would question one who knows.

    And seek refuge in tears: you will call upon a protector.

  2. وتَعوَّذْ بالذِّكْر من سُنَّةِ الغد

    ر ولا غَرْوَ أن تكون ذَكورا

    And seek refuge in remembrance from the practice of treachery;

    and no wonder that you should be ever mindful.

  3. أَفْهمَتْني على قُحولِ رُباها

    فكأني قرأتُ منه سطورا

    It made itself understood to me, despite the barrenness of its hills,

    so it was as though I had read lines from it.

  4. دمُ عيني بالسفح حلَّ لدارٍ

    لا يرى أهلُها دما محظورا

    At the hill’s foot, my eye’s blood became lawful to a dwelling

    whose people deem no blood forbidden.