1. حي الديار كأنها أسطار

    بالوحي تدرس صحفها الأخبار

    Greet the dwellings, as though they were lines

    Of writing, whose pages the reports study [possibly a textual error for 'the scholars'].

  2. لعب البلا بجديدها وتنفست

    عرصاتها الأرواح والأمطار

    Decay toyed with their freshness, and there breathed

    Through their courtyards the winds and rains.