قِفَا نَبْكِ مِنْ ذِكْرَى حَبِيبٍ وَمَنْزِلِ
بِسِقْطِ اللِّوَى بَيْنَ الدَّخُولِ فَحَوْمَلِ
Stop, you two companions, so that we may weep at the memory of a beloved and a dwelling, at Siqṭ al-Liwā, between al-Dakhūl and Ḥawmal.
Ḥabīb (beloved) and manzil (dwelling) appear together: the loved person cannot be separated from the place that holds the memory. Remembrance, location, and weeping form a single scene.
The beloved remains unnamed, widening the emotional force of the opening, while specific place names give that emotion a concrete landscape.