أسْوارُ مِكْناسةٍ مُرقّعَةٌ
كأنّها منْ ثِيابِ أهْليها
The walls of Meknes are patched,
as though fashioned from its people’s clothes.
دارٌ خَرابٌ على بِحارِ خَرا
تناسَبَتْ حالُها بمَنْ فيها
A ruined city upon seas of shit—
its state matches those who dwell within.
Sol 5.6