1. ما الدرُ داراً إن تغيبوا وهلْ

    للغمدِ بعدَ السيفِ مِنْ قدْرِ

    The house is no home if you are absent; and has

    the sheath any worth after the sword is gone?

  2. إنْ قبلَتْ منْ بعدهم ساكناً

    فلا سقاها وابلُ القطْرِ

    If it accepts a dweller after them,

    then may no downpour of rain water it.