1. هَلّا سألتَ إِذا الكَواكِبُ أَكدَمَت

    وَعَفَت مَظَنَّةُ طالِبٍ أَو سائِلِ

    Why did you not ask when the stars withheld their rain,

    and the hoped-for refuge of a seeker or supplicant had vanished?