إِمرَأَةُ مُقرانَ ماتَت بَعدَ ما شابا
فَحَسَّتِ السَلَعَ الفِتيانُ وَالصابا
Muqran’s wife died after he had grown gray;
then the wares themselves missed the young men and their friends.
لَم يَبقَ خَلقٌ بِبابِ الشامِ نَعرِفُهُ
بِالفَتكِ مُذ هَلَكَت إِلّا وَقَد تابا
Not a soul remains at Bāb al-Shām whom we knew
for violent excess: since she perished, every one has repented.
يا نَكبَةً هَشَمَت أَنفَ السُرورِ بِهِ
وَميتَةً أَبقَتِ العُزّابَ عُزّابا
O calamity that there smashed the very nose of joy—
and what a death, leaving the bachelors bachelors still!
Sol 5.6