وأُلْبِسَتِ الأَطلالُ بَعدَكَ وَحْشَةً

وكيفَ يكونُ الغِمْدُ فَارَقَهُ النَّصْلُ

And ruins were clothed in loneliness after you

How can a sheath be when the sword has left it

فَما الدَّارُ دَارٌ وَهْيَ منكَ خَلِيَّةٌ

وَلا صَحْبُها صَحْبٌ ولا أَهْلُها أَهْلُ

The house is no home once you've gone from it

Neither its company nor people are real company or people

تَبدّلَتِ الأسْحارُ فيها هَواجراً

وأَصبحَ نَاراً عِنْدَهَا الماءُ والظِّلُّ

Dawn has turned deceptive there

Water and shade have become fire

فُرُوعٌ ذَوَتْ لمَّا ذَوَيتَ وإنَّما

يكونُ بَقاءُ الفَرْعِ مَا بَقِيَ الأَصْلُ

Branches withered when you withered

The branch endures only as long as the root