لمن دارٌ عفت بالسارياتِ

وَتصريفِ الأُمورِ السائباتِ

For one whose abode was virtuous with lofty chambers

And the governance of roving affairs,

ذكرتُ بها المَليحةَ أُمَّ عَمروٍ

وَدَمعي كالسِجالِ الواهياتِ

I recalled by it the fair one, Umm 'Amr,

And my tears like the fading tracings.