ضَريح بِنتي جَعَلتُ بَيتي

ضَريح بِنتي جَعَلتُ بَيتي

وَقُلتُ لَيتي أَموتُ لَيتي

وَقُلتُ لَيتي أَموتُ لَيتي

I made my daughter's tomb my home,

I made my home your tomb, my daughter

And said, 'Would that I might die—would that I might!'

And said, “Would that I had died, would that I had!”

قدومُ حَيٍّ يَغيبُ يُرجَى

قدومُ حَيٍّ يَغيبُ يُرجَى

وَلَيسَ يُرجى قُدومُ مَيتِ

وَلَيسَ يُرجى قُدومُ مَيتِ

The return of the living who are absent is hoped for,

The coming of the living brings hope though absent

But the return of the dead is not hoped for.

While the coming of the dead is not hoped for

يا عَينُ ابكي دَماً عَلَيها

يا عَينُ ابكي دَماً عَلَيها

فَلَيسَ يَجري دَمعٌ بَكَيتِ

فَلَيسَ يَجري دَمعٌ بَكَيتِ

O eye, weep blood for her,

Oh eyes, weep blood for her

For no tears flow when you weep.

For no tears you cry will flow

يا لَيلَةَ البَينِ مِن نُضارٍ

يا لَيلَةَ البَينِ مِن نُضارٍ

صَدَّعتِ قَلبي بِما جَنَيتِ

صَدَّعتِ قَلبي بِما جَنَيتِ

O night of parting from Nudar,

O night of separation, with your blossoms

You shattered my heart with what you wrought.

You have rent my heart with all you have harvested

يا تُربَةً قَد حَوَت نُضاراً

يا تُربَةً قَد حَوَت نُضاراً

طِبتِ شَذاً بِالَّذي حَوَيتِ

طِبتِ شَذاً بِالَّذي حَوَيتِ

O earth that has enclosed Nudar,

O earth that now covers blossoms

You are sweetly fragrant with the one you hold.

You are sweetly scented with what you have enveloped

وَعَيتِ عَقلاً وَبَحرَ عِلمٍ

وَعَيتِ عَقلاً وَبَحرَ عِلمٍ

وسُؤدداً بِالَّتي وَعَيتِ

وسُؤدداً بِالَّتي وَعَيتِ

You embraced intellect and an ocean of knowledge,

You were home to a mind and ocean of knowledge

And nobility, in her whom you embraced.

And agony through what you have kept

أَمَضَّني الحُزنُ يا نضارٌ

أَمَضَّني الحُزنُ يا نضارٌ

وَصِرتُ مُضنىً لَمّا مَضَيتِ

وَصِرتُ مُضنىً لَمّا مَضَيتِ

Sorrow has tormented me, O Nudar,

Grief has destroyed me, O Nadhar

And I grew wasted when you departed.

And I am anguished since you left

أَصبَحتُ فَرداً فَلَيتَ أَنِّي

أَصبَحتُ فَرداً فَلَيتَ أَنِّي

قَضَيتُ نَحباً لَمّا قَضَيتِ

قَضَيتُ نَحباً لَمّا قَضَيتِ

I am left alone; if only I

Alone I have become—would that

Had met death when you met yours.

I had met my end when you met yours

سَعَيتِ لِلعلمِ باجتهادٍ

سَعَيتِ لِلعلمِ باجتهادٍ

وَلَم تُمتَّعي بِما وَعَيتِ

وَلَم تُمتَّعي بِما وَعَيتِ

You strove for knowledge with diligence,

You strove for knowledge studiously

Yet you were not granted enjoyment of what you learned.

But could not enjoy what you learned

سَرَت إِلى عالمٍ عَلِيٍّ

سَرَت إِلى عالمٍ عَلِيٍّ

روحُكِ يا بُعد ما سَرَيتِ

روحُكِ يا بُعد ما سَرَيتِ

By night, to a lofty realm journeyed

Your soul journeyed, O distant one, after you went

Your soul—oh, how far you journeyed!

To a sublime world

إِلى سَماءِ الَّذي تَسامَت

إِلى سَماءِ الَّذي تَسامَت

حَتّى رَأَيتِ الَّذي رَأَيتِ

حَتّى رَأَيتِ الَّذي رَأَيتِ

To the heaven of the One it soared,

Until you saw what you saw

Until you saw what you saw.

Ascending to the heaven of He who is most high

الروحُ مِنكِ اِستحالَ طَيراً

الروحُ مِنكِ اِستحالَ طَيراً

لَمّا تَشَكّى الظَما سَقَيتِ

لَمّا تَشَكّى الظَما سَقَيتِ

Your soul turned into a bird;

Your soul became a bird

When it complained of thirst, you gave it drink.

When the thirsty vines were watered

وَآخِرُ النُطقِ كانَ مِنكِ الت

وَآخِرُ النُطقِ كانَ مِنكِ الت

تَشَهُّدُ اللذ بِهِ رَبَيتِ

تَشَهُّدُ اللذ بِهِ رَبَيتِ

And your last utterance was the

And your last words were declarations

Testimony of faith in which you grew up.

Of the faith in which you were raised

وَقَدَّسَ اللَه مِنكِ روحاً

وَقَدَّسَ اللَه مِنكِ روحاً

نالَت مِن الخُلدِ ما اشتَهَيتِ

نالَت مِن الخُلدِ ما اشتَهَيتِ

And may God sanctify your soul,

God sanctified a soul from you

Which gained in eternity what you desired.

That attained the eternity it desired

وَإِنَّ بَيتاً أَضحى مَحَلاً

وَإِنَّ بَيتاً أَضحى مَحَلاً

لِخَيرِ بِنتٍ لَخَيرُ بَيتِ

لِخَيرِ بِنتٍ لَخَيرُ بَيتِ

And a home that has become the dwelling

A house has become the abode

Of the best of daughters is surely the best of homes.

Of the best daughter of the best home