مِن كُلِّ قافِيَةٍ تَحتَلُّ ثاوِيَةً

في صَدرِ رِوايَةٍ أَو كَفِّ وَرّاقِ

From every rhyme that occupies a dwelling

In the heart of a novel or a palm and paper

خَوابِرٌ بِأُمورِ الناسِ تُخبِرُنا

عَن لُؤمِ قَومٍ وَعَن مَجدٍ بِتَصداقِ

Ruins that tell us of people's affairs

Of a nation's villainy and of glory in honesty