1. لِأَسماء رَسمٌ أَصبَحَ اليَومَ دارِساً

    وَقَفتُ بِهِ يَوماً إِلى اللَيلِ حابِسا

    A trace of Asma's dwelling has become effaced today.

    I stood there one day, lingering until night.

  2. فَجِئنا بِهيتٍ لا نَرى غَيرَ مَنزِلٍ

    قَليلٍ بِهِ الآثارُ إِلّا الرَوامِسا

    Then we came to Hit, seeing nothing but a dwelling,

    With scant traces within it, save the winds that efface them.

  3. يَدورونَ بي في ظِلِّ كُلِّ كَنيسَةٍ

    فَيُنسونَني قَومي وَأَهلي الكَنائِسا

    They go about with me in the shade of every church;

    Then they—my people and my family—make me forget the churches.