1. يَمُرُّ الحَولُ بَعدَ الحَولِ عَنّي

    وَتِلكَ مَصارِعُ الأَقوامِ حَولي

    Year after year passes me by.

    And around me lie those graves of peoples.

  2. كَأَنِّيَ بِالأُلى حَفَروا لِجاري

    وَقَد أَخَذوا المَحافِرَ وَاِنتَحَوا لي

    I seem to see those who dug my neighbor's grave:

    They have taken up their spades and headed toward me.