1. ذَكر الرَّكْبَ الذي نَزَحا

    فاسْتَحَمَّ الدَّمْعَ وانْتَزَحَا

    He recalled the caravan that departed

    So he shed tears and took leave

  2. وشَجَاهُ رَسْمُ عاطِلَةٍ

    قَلَّدَتْها عَيْنُه وشَجَا

    And her traces pained him

    His eyes imagined her and pained him

  3. نَزَحَتْ عنها جآذِرُها

    فَتَشَكَّى رَبْعُها البُرَحا

    Her roots departed from her

    So her once verdant abode withered

  4. تيَّمَتْ قَلْبَ السَّحابِ بها

    وأَراها أَدمُعاً سُفُحا

    The heart of clouds mourned for her

    And showed her copious tears

  5. وانثنت بالنوى عاصية

    نون دال من برحا

    She turned away defiantly to travel

    The letter Noon joined Dal in Birca

  6. كأَثافيها حمائِمُها

    أَوَ لَيْسُوا بالنَّوى صُدُحا

    Like her doves mourning her

    Are they not in Nawa loud wailers?