1. عَفا واسِط من اهلِهِ فَالضَوارِب

    فَمَدفَعُ راماتِ فَنِصحٌ فَغارِبُ

    Wāsiṭ lies desolate, its people gone, and so does al-Ḍawārib,

    and the outlet of Rāmāt, and Niṣḥ, and Ghārib.