هذي ديار بني أبي ومعاشري

قفر عليها وحشة وظلام

These are the abodes of my kith and kin

Desolate, forlorn in gloom and loneliness

درست محافظة لهم وتوحشت

من بعدهم وتعفت الأعلام

I studied their dwellings and yearned for them

After their departure, their signs effaced

فإذا مررت بها فقل متمثلا

يا دار ما صنعت بك الأيام

If you pass them by, recite in verse

O home, what has time wrought upon thee