1. O sister of the best brother, o daughter of the best father
Referring to their nobility over all other lineages

2. I esteem your worth to be called well-mannered
And whoever describes you has named you as epitome of Arabs

3. Sorrow does not allow the grieved one control over his words
Or tears, as they are under sorrow's grasp

4. O Death you have betrayed, how many you have ended
With those you have afflicted and how many boisterous talks you have silenced

5. How much you have accompanied her brother in adversity
And how much you have asked but neither was stingy nor lied

6. It traversed Al-Jazira until news came to me
I hoped it was lies due to my aspirations

7. Until when its honesty left me no hope
I gushed tears nearly gushing myself

8. Tongues tripped over it,
And so did pens in books and cold on paths

9. As if a calamity had not filled her processions
The abodes of Bakr, had not been evacuated or blown away

10. Nor had it returned a departed soul,
Or helped a weeping implorer, distraught and war-ridden

11. I see Iraq with long nights since she was mourned
So how are the nights of the young man of the youth in Aleppo

12. He assumes my heart is not aflame
And that the tears of my eyelids do not cascade

13. Yes, by the sanctity of her who regarded highly
The sanctity of glory, chivalry and propriety

14. And she whose traits that have passed were not bequeathed
Even if her leadership was hereditary of ambition

15. And her ambition was for the heights and glory
While the ambition of her peers is for nonsense and play

16. They know, when her smile is greeted, the beauty of her smile
And none knows her dimples except Allah

17. A delight she diffused in the hearts of the good
And sorrow in the hearts of the white and warped

18. When the wearer of her veil saw her, he saw
The veils higher than him in stature

19. And if she was created female, she was nevertheless created
Generous - not female in mind and lineage

20. And if she surpassed the masters in nature
Then wine has a quality grapes do not encompass

21. If only she who sees the two suns would disappear
And she who does not see them had not disappeared

22. And that the eye darkness fell for
Was ransom for the eye that faded and did not return

23. So neither the ruby wore something resembling her
Nor did agates wear indian carnelian

24. And whenever I mentioned any of her works
I cried, for there is no platonic love without a reason

25. Every veil before seeing her was not enough for her, O land, as covers
Nor did the eyes of mankind perceive her

26. So were you envious of her, O eyes of elders?
And have you (land) heard a greeting that pained her?

27. For I have been sleepless, and not rested a bit
And how can our dying, that was buried, reach her

28. When the absent struggle to reach even those alive?
O best of patience, visit the hearts most deserving of her

29. And say to their companions: O most beneficial clouds
And O people of merit! Without excluding anyone

30. From all the other meritorious people except your noble fathers
Time made your symbol one in two bodies

31. And the evanescence of their pearls ransomed by gold lasted
And the one seeking the abandoned has returned

32. We forget while days keep seeking
However short the time between them was

33. It was as if the time between flowers and branches
May your Lord reward your sorrows with forgiveness

34. For the sorrow of every grieving brother is the sorrow of rage
While you are people whose souls are ardent

35. With what He bestows rather than with what He deprives
You have attained amongst all kings

36. The status of the brown liquor from all other chaffs
So may nights not wear you down, though their hands

37. If they tap, they'd break the spring with departure
Nor may they support an enemy whom you subdue

38. For they deter the falcon with ruins
If they were joyed by a beloved then saddened for his sake

39. They have surprised you equally in both states
And maybe one assumes he has attained their limits

40. Only to be struck by an unforeseen matter
And none has fulfilled his wishes regarding them

41. Or reached a time limit save another
People dispute amongst each other, without agreeing

42. Except on pleas of the apology, disputing even pleas
So it was said: "the soul of a human is salvaged safely"

43. And it was said: "the human body shares in the spoils"
He who contemplates life and its blend

44. Is rendered by thought between frustration and fatigue