1. My heart in pieces torn asunder lies,
As if with fiery embers 'twere filled inside,

2. Misfortunes from time have sorely tried me,
My patience sweet, no more their weight can abide.

3. My eyes do weep for the loss of the vivants,
My darling and the blossoms, neighbors beside,

4. Did she draw from the clouds her lively spirit,
Or the seas teaming, her thirsting soul provide?

5. Five lit homes with their presence so graceful,
Now under darkness of stone slabs they bide,

6. She delighted in Qur'an and grammar and script,
Excelling in this over all virgins bride,

7. In hadith tradition she showed careful heed,
What she heard and wrote, a treasure inside,

8. Al-Darimi's collection and Abd's compilation,
And the two Saheehs, of Bukhari and Muslim's guide,

9. Al-Nasa'i's and Al-Tabarani's collection,
And half of the assemblage of seniors prized,

10. A pilgrimage she made to Mecca's cradle,
Hearing there many hadiths from sheikhs wise,

11. Forty she recounted from another forty masters,
Whose chains she scrutinized and verified,

12. As she neared her death, she granted us license,
A group of the young in Knowledge specialized,

13. Then she passed, her time appointed elapsed,
With good praise and memories sweet memorialized,

14. After she left, I sorely felt her absence,
Umm Hayyan, the best of the righteous and wise,

15. My solace she was in my lonely brooding,
In my sleep and waking, travels and demise,

16. My companion on trips, halts and journey far,
My partner in Hajj and Umrah likewise,

17. I hoped she would linger and remain,
When I was ill, she would tend and advise,

18. No mere wife was she, but like a mother,
While I was as her child, so small in size,

19. My soul found rest tucked 'tween her sides,
And my life like a borrowed robe comprised,

20. She prayed to God for a swift death soon,
While I enjoyed glory, grace and disguise,

21. So the Lord answered her prayerful wish,
And she met her death, to the home of allies,

22. May God water her grave without ceasing,
And grace it with goodness that never dries.