رَأَيْتُ بِصَحْراءِ الْقَرافَةِ نِسْوَةً

نَوَازِعَ لا يَأْوِينَ حُزْنَاً إِلَى بَيْتِ

I saw in the desert of Al-Qarafa women

Mourners who do not house sorrow in a home

يَنُحْنَ عَلى مَيْتٍ سَيَتْبَعْنَ إِثْرَهُ

وَمِنْ عَجَبٍ مَيْتٌ يَنُوحُ عَلَى مَيْتِ

They will lean over a dead man and follow in his tracks

And strange - a dead man lamenting for the dead