1. عَهدٌ تَوَلَّت بِهِ الأَيّامُ وَاِنجَرَدَت

    بِحُسنِهِ وَلَعاتُ البَينِ فَاِنجَرَدا

    A remembered haunt, swept away by the days and stripped

    of its beauty by parting’s burning pangs, till it lay bare.

  2. غَدا لَهُ المُزنُ مَنهَلاً بَوادِرُهُ

    كَأَنَّ فيهِ لِيُحيِي أُصبَعاً وَيَدا

    The rain-cloud became a source of water for it with its first showers,

    as though within it were a finger and a hand to restore life.