1. لِمَن دِمنَةٌ أَقفَرَت بِالجَلي

    لِ أَنكَرتُها بَعدَ إيناسِها

    Whose campsite has grown desolate at al-Jalil?

    I did not recognize it after knowing it well.

  2. كَخَطِّ الصَحيفَةِ بَعدَ الزَما

    نِ تَبقى حُلوكَةُ أَنقاسِها

    Like writing on a page after time has passed,

    the blackness of its inks remains.