مُقفِرَةُ الرَبعِ لَجَّ هاجِرُها
عامِرُها موحِشٌ وَغامِرُها
The deserted quarter, its dwellers have fled away,
Inhabited yet lonely, prosperous yet dreary.
يَنتَحِبُ القَومِ في مَنازِلِها
كَأَنَّ أَوطانِها مَقابِرُها
People lament in its dwellings
As though their homelands were their tombs.
