ديار خلت من أهلها وتوحشت

ديار خلت من أهلها وتوحشت

فليس بها مرعى لعين ولا خصب

فليس بها مرعى لعين ولا خصب

Dwellings stood empty of their people and grew desolate.

The abodes are deserted of their dwellers and became desolate

So there is no pasture for the eye there, nor any lushness.

In them there is no pasture for the eye nor fertility

علاها البلى حتى تعفنت رسومها

علاها البلى حتى تعفنت رسومها

وأنكرها طرفي فأثبتها القلب

وأنكرها طرفي فأثبتها القلب

Decay overtook them until their traces rotted away.

Upon them time has cast its shadow until their relics decayed

And my gaze failed to recognize them, but my heart knew them.

My eyes denied recognizing them but my heart affirmed them