On printed page 214 the poem changes direction. Lineage, homeland, gardens and youth give way to persistent suffering. Karb denotes severe distress, while muqīmah suggests something that has settled or remained.
This movement from past to present is the structure of the lament. The listener has first been given images of effortless prosperity and must now confront their disappearance. The speaker uses a heightened, conditional style to communicate the weight of his distress.
Such verse describes the emotional condition of the literary speaker; it should not automatically be turned into a universal practical instruction.