لقد عَمُرَتْ بيوتُ الحسنِ مِمَّن

عليهِ بحسنه خَرِبَتْ بُيُوتُ

The houses of beauty were built by those

Whose own homes were ruined by their beauty,

وبيتُ البَدْرِ أَوَّلُه خرابٌ

فكلَّفَه عليه العنْكبُوتُ

And the house of the full moon lies in ruins

While over it spin cobwebs of lament.