1. قبرٌ حوى قِطْعةً من الكبدِ

    أودَتْ فأَوْدَى لِفْقدها جلَدي

    A grave holds a piece of my liver.

    She perished, and with her loss my fortitude perished.

  2. ترحَّلَ الصَّبرُ عندَما رحَلَتْ

    إلى جوار المهجنِ الصَّمدِ

    Patience departed when she departed

    to the presence of [the Guardian?], the Eternal Refuge.

  3. يا ليتَ أن الممات أخّرها

    نمن أمدٍ عاجلِ إلى أمدِ

    Oh, if only death had delayed taking her

    from an imminent hour to a later one!

  4. لم يبق منّي الأسَى سوى حُرَقٍ

    ومدمع في الخدودِ مُطّرِدِ

    Grief has left nothing of me but burning pangs

    and tears flowing ceaselessly down my cheeks.

  5. يا راحلاً لم تؤُبْ ركائبُه

    ويا حبيباً نأى فلم يَعُدِ

    O departed one, whose riding camels have not returned,

    and O beloved, who went far away and did not return,

  6. ودرةِ لِلفخار أسلَمها العقدُ

    وكانت كالروحِ للجسدِ

    and O pearl of glory, whom the necklace surrendered—

    she was like the soul to the body.

  7. ما أنصفَ العاذلون إذ عذلوا

    أن بحتُ بالحُزنِ فيك والكمدِ

    The reproachers were unjust when they reproached me

    because I voiced my sorrow and anguish over you.

  8. كيفَ يلومونني على جزعي

    وأنتِ قلبي دفنتُه بيدي

    How can they blame me for my anguish,

    when you are my heart, which I buried with my own hand?

  9. كلُّ حبيبٍ تذيبُ فرقته الأحشا

    ولا مثل فرقة الولد

    Parting from any beloved melts the entrails,

    but none is like parting from one's child.

  10. فالحمد للهِ كلّ آونةٍ

    حقّ لهُ الحمدُ دائم الأبدِ

    So praise be to God at all times;

    praise is His due throughout eternity.