فَبَقيتُ في العرصاتِ وَحدي بعدهم

حيران بَينَ معاهدٍ ما تُعهَدُ

I remain alone in the campsites after them

Perplexed between covenants never kept

فَكأَنَهُنَّ ديارُ ميٍّ إِذ خلت

وَكأَنَّني غَيلان فيها يُنشِدُ

As if they were the abodes of Mayya when deserted

And as if I were a love-smitten singer within