1. No wonder the ranks fell short of your worth,
And before them the stars failed to match your stature,

2. Nothing of time escaped you that one with hope could attain,
You reached heights while people grew weary of pursuit,

3. How the kings of earth exalted you and confessed
That they fell short of some of what was due,

4. And that was for reasons that pass away,
No good in raising a status that has no cause,

5. You adorned Egypt with a beauty that was stripped from it,
And wearing is not equal to stripping,

6. So this Nile did not dance randomly,
But flowed gently, thrilled with joy,

7. Your patience has forgone blame, so no surprise
Whether a babbler or milker of sheep,

8. You revived the memory of kings whose pride
Was to succeed you, but they are gone and you remain,