يا بَكْرُ ما فَعلتْ بِكَ الأَرْطالُ

يا دارَ ما فَعلتْ بكِ الأَيّامُ

O Bakr, what have the passing years done to you?

O home, what have the days inflicted upon you?

في الدَّارِ بَعْدُ بَقِيّةٌ نَسْتَامُها

إِذْ ليسَ فيكَ بَقيّةٌ تُسْتَامُ

In the home there still remains something we yearn for,

Since in you nothing is left that we yearn after.

عَرِمَ الزَّمانُ على الدِّيارِ بِرَغْمِهِمْ

وعليكَ أيضاً للزَّمانِ عُرَامُ

Time has worn out the dwellings despite them,

And upon you too, time has cast its decline.

شَغَلَ الزَّمانُ كَرَاكَ في ديوانهِ

فَتَفَرَّغَتْ لِدَواتِكَ الأَقْلامُ

Time has preoccupied your name in its registry,

So pens were freed for your implements.