1. أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل تَغَيَّرَ بَعدَنا

    عَنِ العَهدِ قاراتُ الظُلَيفِ الفَوارِد

    Ah, if only I knew: have they changed since we left—

    Al-Ẓulayf’s isolated rocky hills—from how we knew them?

  2. وَهَل رامَ عَن عَهدي وُديكَ مَكانَهُ

    إِلى حَيثُ يُفضي سَيلُ ذاتِ المَساجِد

    And has Wudayk moved from its place as I remember it,

    To where the torrent of Dhāt al-Masājid flows out?