مَحَا اللّهُ أقْطاراً من الجُودِ أمْحلَتْ
وكم قادرٍ فيها عَن الحَمْدِ عاجِزُ
May God erase lands that have grown barren of generosity—
how many a man of means there is, powerless to earn praise,
وعاقِرَ أرْضٍ ليس يُولَد نَبْتُها
وكم وَلَدتْ فيها المَنايَا المَفاوِزُ
and how many a sterile tract whose growth is never born;
yet how many deaths the desert wastes there have brought forth!
Sol 5.6