هَلْ غَادَرَ الشُّعَرَاءُ مِنْ مُتَرَدَّمٍ أَمْ هَلْ عَرَفْتَ الدَّارَ بَعْدَ تَوَهُّمِ
Have earlier poets left any gap to be repaired? Or have you recognized the dwelling after uncertain conjecture?
Mutaraddam originally describes a gap or damaged place requiring repair. Figuratively it suggests a poetic theme that earlier poets might have left unfinished.
Tawahhum is conjecture or uncertain recognition. The former residence has changed so greatly that even identifying it requires an effort of memory.