1. The deserted quarter, its dwellers have fled away,
Inhabited yet lonely, prosperous yet dreary.
١. مُقفِرَةُ الرَبعِ لَجَّ هاجِرُها
عامِرُها موحِشٌ وَغامِرُها
2. People lament in its dwellings
As though their homelands were their tombs.
٢. يَنتَحِبُ القَومِ في مَنازِلِها
كَأَنَّ أَوطانِها مَقابِرُها