أَرى البَنانَةَ أَقوَت بَعدَ ساكِنِها

أَرى البَنانَةَ أَقوَت بَعدَ ساكِنِها

فَذا سُدَيرٌ وَأَقوى مِنهُمُ أُقُرُ

فَذا سُدَيرٌ وَأَقوى مِنهُمُ أُقُرُ

I see al-Banānah deserted after its inhabitant has gone.

I see the house more inhabited after its dweller is gone

Here, then, is Sudayr, and Uqur lies empty of them.

There are walls, and stronger than them is the neighbor