أَلا أَيُّها السُؤالُ عَن جِلَّةِ القِرى

وَعَن غالِبٍ وَالقَبرُ مِن دونِ غالِبِ

O you who ask about the ruins of encampments

And about one who conquered, while the grave is mightier than any conqueror

لَقَد ضَمَّتِ الأَكفانُ مِن آلِ دارِمٍ

فَتىً فايِضَ الكَفَّينِ مَحضَ الضَرايِبِ

The shrouds have certainly enveloped the nobility of the house of Dārim

A gallant man, open-handed with the taxes

فَمَن لِقِرى المَقرورِ في لَيلَةِ الصَبا

وَساعٍ عَلى آثارِ تِلكَ النَوايِبِ

So who will lament the encampments on a night of yearning

While following the traces of those elegies