1. يا دار لو روت محولك أدمعي

    لسفحتها بك أو يمازجها الدم

    O dwelling, if my tears could water your parched ground,

    I would pour them out upon you until blood mingled with them.

  2. لكن دمع العين يحسب قطره

    ماء برودا وهو جمر مضرم

    Yet the drops of the eye's tears are thought to be

    cool water, though they are blazing coals.

  3. وإذا رأيتك قفرة من معشري

    وبني أبي وهم لعمرك ما هم

    And when I see you bereft of my people

    and my father's sons—by your life, what men they were—

  4. فكأنني عاينت حفرة مالك

    وكأنني وجدا عليه متمم

    it is as though I beheld Malik's grave,

    and, in grief for him, I were Mutammim.