1. دنا العيد لو تَدْنو به كعبةُ المُنى

    ورُكْنُ المَعالي من ذُؤابة يَعُرب

    The feast has drawn near—if only the Kaaba of hopes would draw near with it,

    And the pillar of glory, of Yaʿrub’s noblest stock.

  2. فيا ويلتَا للشعر تُرمي جماره

    ويا بُعد ما بيني وبين المُحصَّبِ

    So alas for poetry—its pebbles are being cast!

    And oh, how great the distance between me and al-Muḥaṣṣab!