أَقوىbecame desolate مَحلٌa dwelling مِنof شَبابِكَyour youth آهِلٌinhabited
أَقوى مَحلٌ مِن شَبابِكَ آهِلٌ
فَأَقَمتُso I stayed أَندُبُI lament مِنهُof it رَسماًa trace عافِياًfading
فَأَقَمتُ أَندُبُ مِنهُ رَسماً عافِياً
A once-inhabited dwelling of your youth has fallen desolate.
A mightier place than your youth has crumbled,
So I stayed, lamenting a fading trace of it.
So I established a monument there, sound and safe,
مَثَلَappeared العِذارُthe sideburns هُناكَthere نُؤياًa trench around a tent داثِراًworn away
مَثَلَ العِذارُ هُناكَ نُؤياً داثِراً
وَاِسوَدَّتِand turned black الخيلانُthe moles فيهِin it أَثافِياpot-supporting hearthstones
وَاِسوَدَّتِ الخيلانُ فيهِ أَثافِيا
The sideburns appeared there like a worn-away tent trench,
The virgin's likeness stands there still, though fallen,
And the moles in it turned black like hearthstones.
And the steeds darkening amidst it gloomy and desolate.