1. أَسَفاً عَلى بَيت القَري

    ض لَقَد خَلَت نقّادهُ

    Alas for the house of poetry!

    Indeed, its critics have departed.

  2. فَتَقَطَّعَت أَسبابه

    وَتَقلّعت أَوتادهُ

    So its cords have snapped,

    And its pegs have been uprooted.