أَقوى مَحَلٌّ مِن شَبابِكَ آهِلٌ

أَقوى مَحَلٌّ مِن شَبابِكَ آهِلٌ

فَوَقَفتُ أَندُبُ مِنهُ رَسماً عافِيا

فَوَقَفتُ أَندُبُ مِنهُ رَسماً عافِيا

A once-inhabited abode of your youth lies deserted.

A mighty dwelling was stronger than your youth,

So I stood lamenting a faded trace of it.

So I stood lamenting the outline of it when healthy,

مَثَلَ العِذارُ هُناكَ نُؤياً داثِراً

مَثَلَ العِذارُ هُناكَ نُؤياً داثِراً

وَاِسوَدَّتِ الخَيلانُ فيهِ أَثافِيا

وَاِسوَدَّتِ الخَيلانُ فيهِ أَثافِيا

The beard-line appeared there like an effaced trench,

There the lover's likeness seemed a crumbling dream,

And the moles grew black upon it like hearthstones.

And therein the black tents were folded.