هَل عَرَفتَ الدِيارَ عَن أَحقابِ

دارِساً آيُها كَخَطِّ الكِتابِ

Have you known the dwellings from past glories,

Examining them, O you like scripture's lines?

وَكَأَنّي لَمّا عَرَفتُ دِيارَ ال

حَيِّ بِالسَفحِ عَن يَمينِ الحُبابِ

It was as though when I knew the abodes of Layl

At the foothills, to the right of the sandy dunes,

يَسَرٌ حارَضَ الرِبابَةَ حَتّى

راحَ قَصراً وَضيمَ في الأَندابِ

Delight made music till it reached a palace and a humble abode in ruins.

Grieving for you, O son of Sa’d, when old age

جَزَعاً مِنكَ يَاِبنَ سَعدٍ وَقَد أَخ

لَقَ مِنكَ المَشيبُ ثَوبَ الشَبابِ

Has donned the garb of youth after you.