1. هَل عِندَ مَنزِلَةٍ قَد أَقفَرَت خَبَرُ

    مَجهولَةٍ غَيَّرَتها بَعدَكَ الغِيَرُ

    Is there any news at a dwelling now deserted,

    Unrecognizable, altered since you left by time's vicissitudes?

  2. بَينَ الأَقاعِصِ وَالسِكرانِ قَد دَرَسَت

    مِنها المَعارِفُ طُرّاً ما بِها أَثَرُ

    Between al-Aqāʿiṣ and al-Sikrān, there have vanished

    All its familiar landmarks; no trace remains there.