تَوَهَّمَ إِبلادَ المَنازِلِ عَن حُقُبِ
فَراجَعَ شَوقاً ثُمَّتَ اِرتَدَّ في نَصَبِ
He dimly discerned the dwellings’ traces after an age;
He imagined the abodes of the dwellings from epochs gone by
so he renewed his longing, then fell back into weariness.
So he returned longing, then retreated in hardship
بِزَهمانَ لَو كانَت تَكَلَّمُ أَخبَرَت
بِما لَقِيَت بَعدَ الأَنيسِ مِن العَجَبِ
At Zahman—if they could speak, they would tell
If it could speak, it would have related
of the wonders they encountered after human company was gone.
What it encountered after the companion, of wonders
Sol 6.1