عَزَفَت نَفسِيَ عَن هَذا الوَرى

عَزَفَت نَفسِيَ عَن هَذا الوَرى

بَعدَما حَلَّت نُضارٌ في الثَرى

بَعدَما حَلَّت نُضارٌ في الثَرى

My soul has turned away from these mortals,

My soul turned away from this abode,

after Nuḍār came to rest in the earth.

After decay settled into the soil.

فَبِسَمعِي صَمَمٌ إِن حُدِّثُوا

فَبِسَمعِي صَمَمٌ إِن حُدِّثُوا

وَبِعَيني نَبوَةٌ أَن تَنظُرا

وَبِعَيني نَبوَةٌ أَن تَنظُرا

So my hearing is deaf if they are spoken to,

My hearing is deaf if they speak,

and my eyes shrink from looking.

And my sight is blind if it looks.

كَيفَ لِي عَقلٌ بِأَن أَصحَبَهُم

كَيفَ لِي عَقلٌ بِأَن أَصحَبَهُم

لا أَرى وَجهَ نُضار النَّيِرا

لا أَرى وَجهَ نُضار النَّيِرا

How can I be of a mind to keep their company,

How can I keep company with them

when I do not see Nuḍār's radiant face?

When I see no face with freshness aglow?

لا وَلا أَسمَعُ مِن أَلفاظِها

لا وَلا أَسمَعُ مِن أَلفاظِها

كُلما قَد أَبرَزَتها دُرَرا

كُلما قَد أَبرَزَتها دُرَرا

No, nor do I hear her words—

Nor do I hear from their words

pearls whenever she brought them forth.

The pearls their utterances once shed.

لَو نُظِمنَ كُنَّ زُهرَ أَنجُمٍ

لَو نُظِمنَ كُنَّ زُهرَ أَنجُمٍ

أَو نُثِرنَ كُنَّ زَهراً أَنوَرا

أَو نُثِرنَ كُنَّ زَهراً أَنوَرا

If strung together, they would be shining stars;

Were they strung they'd be a starry wreath,

or, if scattered, they would be radiant blossoms.

Or scattered they'd be the brightest flowers.

إِن تَكُن عَن مُقلَتي قَد حُجِبَت

إِن تَكُن عَن مُقلَتي قَد حُجِبَت

فَبِقَلبي شَخصُها قَد صُوِّرا

فَبِقَلبي شَخصُها قَد صُوِّرا

Though she has been veiled from my sight,

If from my eyes she is veiled,

yet her form has been pictured in my heart.

In my heart her image is pictured still.

قَد لَزِمتُ تُربَةً حَلَّت بِها

قَد لَزِمتُ تُربَةً حَلَّت بِها

عَبِقَت طيباً وَمِسكاً أَذفَرا

عَبِقَت طيباً وَمِسكاً أَذفَرا

I have kept close to the soil where she came to rest;

I've clung to the soil where she once dwelled,

it became fragrant with perfume and strong-scented musk.

Exuding a fragrance of sweet musk.

حَلَّ فيها العلمُ وَالفَضلُ الَّذي

حَلَّ فيها العلمُ وَالفَضلُ الَّذي

كانَ عَنها في الوُجوهِ اِشتَهَرا

كانَ عَنها في الوُجوهِ اِشتَهَرا

There rest the learning and excellence that

There knowledge and merit once thrived,

had become renowned through her among the eminent.

Renowned on faces that beamed their light.

لَم تَكُن أُنثى تُوازي فَضلَها

لَم تَكُن أُنثى تُوازي فَضلَها

هَل يُوازي الصَخرُ يَوماً جَوهَرا

هَل يُوازي الصَخرُ يَوماً جَوهَرا

No woman matched her excellence;

No female matched her excellence,

does stone ever equal a jewel?

Can rock ever equal a jewel some day?

تَلَتِ القُرآنَ غَضّا مُعرَبا

تَلَتِ القُرآنَ غَضّا مُعرَبا

لَيسَ تَصحيفٌ وَلا لَحنٌ عَرا

لَيسَ تَصحيفٌ وَلا لَحنٌ عَرا

She recited the Qur'an, fresh and correctly inflected;

She recited the Quran purely pristine,

no misreading or grammatical slip marred it.

No error or accent impure.

وَوَشَت بِالحِبرِ في مُهرَقِها

وَوَشَت بِالحِبرِ في مُهرَقِها

وَشيَ خَطٍّ قَد تَجَلّى أَسطُرا

وَشيَ خَطٍّ قَد تَجَلّى أَسطُرا

And with ink she embroidered her writing sheet

And wrote with the ink in her scroll

with the tracery of script displayed in lines,

Lines whose script shone clear.

بِحَديثِ المُصطَفى وَالفقهِ وَالن

بِحَديثِ المُصطَفى وَالفقهِ وَالن

نَحوِ وَالشعرِ الَّذي قَد حُبِّرا

نَحوِ وَالشعرِ الَّذي قَد حُبِّرا

with the traditions of the Chosen One, jurisprudence, and

With the Prophet's words, jurisprudence and grammar,

grammar, and poetry beautifully penned.

And poetry's art writ with care.