1. دِيارٌ عفَتْ تبكي السحابُ طُولَها

    وما طَللٌ تبكي عليه السحائبُ

    Dwellings effaced—the clouds weep along their length.

    And what is a ruin over which the rainclouds weep?

  2. وتَنْدُبُها الأرواحُ حتّى حَسبتُها

    صَدى حفرةٍ قامتْ عليها النوادبُ

    The winds lament them until I thought them

    a corpse in a grave, with mourning women standing over it.