1. The essence of the Supreme flowed into the Supreme world,
And the innermost part of the earth was made a repository of tranquility.

2. The house of knowledge, religion, pilgrimage was suspended -
Of mention, Quran, jurisprudence and grammar.

3. It had been inhabited by the Sunnah of Ahmed,
Yet here it is, after intimacy with it, strengthened.

4. There was vitality in it, an illuminating sun,
But that light was eclipsed and erased.

5. A young woman, as if beauty itself had been given the choice
Of where to reside, so it chose her, seeker of wonders!

6. People strove for greatness and fell short,
Yet vitality came to her, surpassing others in stature.

7. No daughter among daughters is a peer to Nudhar -
She surpassed the daughters of people, both urban and nomad.

8. Greetings to that youth to whom, for her sake,
The gowns of knowledge, religion and hiddenness bowed down.

9. Greetings to the pride of daughters, who became
A mother to whom she brings pride, whatever her pride!

10. They revere her, whether they gather in an assembly,
So they sit below while she sits on high.

11. They kiss the edge of her gown out of reverence for her,
And she casts pearls to them from her sweet talk.

12. Is there, after Nudhar, a way I can seek a life of tranquility
When, oh remoteness, my life is so disturbed from tranquility?

13. She has intoxicated my heart, my eyes and my hearing -
I have no thought, no limb of my own!

14. And I, in every era, am inhabited by her being -
She represents to me the past, present and what is to come.

15. And I have vowed that I will remain, because of her,
Ever-present, pining, always yearning and lamenting,

16. Until the final hours come upon me and we ascend
From this lowly abode to the Exalted Realm.

17. If others have erred in their love,
Never will I err, not for a moment, in my love for Nudhar!

18. And if one drunk on love has become sober,
Then I am ever drunk, beyond all sobering!

19. She watered a garden where Nudhar took up abode -
Intoxicated by love's headiness, with no sobering.

20. And basil still shades her tomb -
What garden can contain what it contains?