نَعَتِ السَحائِبُ وَالغَمامُ بِأَسرِها

جَسَداً بِمَسكَنَ عارِيَ الأَوصالِ

The clouds and all the mist mourn

A body in a bare dwelling

تُمسي عَوائِذَهُ السِباعُ وَدارُهُ

بِمَنازِلٍ أَطلالُهُنَّ بَوالي

The beasts make its refuge their own at night, and his abode

Is amidst ruins, all forsaken

رَحَلَ الرِفاقُ وَغادَروهُ ثاوِياً

لِلريحِ بَينَ صَبا وَبَينَ شَمالِ

His companions journeyed on, leaving him lying

For the wind, between the zephyr and the north