أَسَفاًalas عَلىfor بَيتthe house of القَريpoetry (word continued on the next line)
أَسَفاً عَلى بَيت القَري
ضfinal letter of القريض, meaning poetry لَقَدindeed خَلَتhave departed نقّادهُits critics
ض لَقَد خَلَت نقّادهُ
Alas for the house of poetry!
Alas for the house of Kari
Indeed, its critics have departed.
Whose critics have passed away
فَتَقَطَّعَتso have snapped أَسبابهits cords
فَتَقَطَّعَت أَسبابه
وَتَقلّعتand have been uprooted أَوتادهُits pegs
وَتَقلّعت أَوتادهُ
So its cords have snapped,
And whose ties are now severed
And its pegs have been uprooted.
With its pegs torn out