بَكَت دارُهُم وَالصَبُّ يَبكي عَفاءَها

وَعَزَّزَ إِرزامَ المُلِثِّ بِثالِثِ

Their abode wept, and dawn wept its desolation,

And bolstered the rhymes of parting with a third,

وَلَم يَستَمِع فيها أَحاديثَ مُرسِلٍ

وَلَكِن رَأى فيها حَديثَ الحَوادِثِ

No fabricated tales were listened to therein,

But the chronicles of events were seen instead.

وَقَد كانَ مَبعوثاً إِلَيها مِنَ الصَبا

فَأَقعَدَهُ عَنها قُعودُ البَواعِثِ

It had sent him forth, from the days of youth,

But the motives for departure made him stay.