هَلis there? عِندَat مَنزِلَةٍa dwelling قَدalready أَقفَرَتhas become deserted خَبَرُnews
هَل عِندَ مَنزِلَةٍ قَد أَقفَرَت خَبَرُ
مَجهولَةٍunrecognizable غَيَّرَتهاchanged it بَعدَكَafter you الغِيَرُtime's vicissitudes
مَجهولَةٍ غَيَّرَتها بَعدَكَ الغِيَرُ
Is there any news at a dwelling now deserted,
Unrecognizable, altered since you left by time's vicissitudes?
بَينَbetween الأَقاعِصِal-Aqāʿiṣ وَالسِكرانِand al-Sikrān قَدalready دَرَسَتhave vanished
بَينَ الأَقاعِصِ وَالسِكرانِ قَد دَرَسَت
مِنهاfrom it المَعارِفُthe familiar landmarks طُرّاًall ماnot بِهاin it أَثَرُa trace
مِنها المَعارِفُ طُرّاً ما بِها أَثَرُ
Between al-Aqāʿiṣ and al-Sikrān, there have vanished
All its familiar landmarks; no trace remains there.
Sol 6.1