The opening changes focus step by step: silence of the site, delicacy of visible marks, movement of animals, distance in time, tangible remains, and finally a greeting.
Term / expressionMeaning or technique
دِمْنَةDarkened traces of a campsite
مَرَاجِيعُ وَشْمFaint tattoo marks: simile
خِلْفَةًMovement by turns
عِشْرِينَ حِجَّةًAn interval of twenty years
أَثَافِيّ / نُؤْيHearthstones / water barrier
أَيُّهَا الرَّبْعُDirect address to the ruins
The order shows how describing a place gradually becomes an account of memory and feeling.