1. هَل عِندَ مَنزِلَةٍ قَد أَقفَرَت خَبَرُ

    مَجهولَةٍ غَيَّرَتها بَعدَكَ الغِيَرُ

    Is there any news at a dwelling now deserted,

    unrecognizable, altered since you left by the turns of fortune?

  2. بَينَ الأَقاعِصِ وَالسِكرانِ قَد دَرَسَت

    مِنها المَعارِفُ طُرّاً ما بِها أَثَرُ

    Between al-Aqāʿiṣ and al-Sikrān, effaced are

    all its familiar landmarks; not a trace remains there.