1. يا صاحبيّ ألمّا بي على الطّللِ

    وحَيّيا قبلَ طول البَين والشُّغلِ

    O my two companions, stop with me at the ruins,

    and greet them before separation and preoccupation grow long.

  2. وما تحيّةُ دارٍ بعد ما دَرَست

    إلا معارفَ رَسمٍ هاج من خَبَلي

    And what is greeting a dwelling after it has faded away,

    but the familiar marks of a ruin that stirred some of my madness?