بَلْ نَحْنُ كُنَّا أَهْلَها فأَبادَنا

بَلْ نَحْنُ كُنَّا أَهْلَها فأَبادَنا

صُروفُ الليالي والجدودُ العواثِرُ

صُروفُ الليالي والجدودُ العواثِرُ

Rather, we were its people; then we were destroyed

by the vicissitudes of the nights and stumbling fortunes.