أَهاجَكَ بِالعَبَوقَرَةِ الدِيارُ

أَهاجَكَ بِالعَبَوقَرَةِ الدِيارُ

نَعَم مِنا مَنازِلُها قِفارُ

نَعَم مِنا مَنازِلُها قِفارُ

Did the dwellings at al-ʿAbawqarah stir you?

The abodes were stirred by passionate love

Yes—Minā, its dwellings lie desolate;

Indeed, since we left, their dwellings are barren wastes

فَمَرخُ مُخَلِّصٍ فَمَحَنَّباتٌ

فَمَرخُ مُخَلِّصٍ فَمَحَنَّباتٌ

عَفَتها الرِيحُ بَعدَكِ وَالقِطارُ

عَفَتها الرِيحُ بَعدَكِ وَالقِطارُ

then Markh of Mukhalliṣ, then Maḥannabāt—

So smiles of joy are now distorted frowns

the wind and rains effaced them after your departure.

And only wind and trains pass by them now you're gone