«قِفْ بِالدِّيَارِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَعْفُهَا الْقِدَمُ»
Stand by the dwellings that the passing years have not erased.
The opening asserts that traces of the beloved's former dwelling survive. The poet then overturns that impression, saying that winds and continuous rains have altered them. The purpose is not a random contradiction but a sharpened picture of abandonment and longing.
«بَلَى وَغَيَّرَهَا الْأَرْوَاحُ وَالدِّيَمُ»
Indeed, the winds and sustained rains have changed them.
The second assertion withdraws the force of lam yaʿfuhā; that is the operation of rujūʿ.