1. All souls pass, the great and small
Flying, for to oblivion they all fall

2. Each a hostage to this mortal life for an hour
When it comes, delay cannot be hoped for

3. Though ages may vary, all equalize
At death, long or short as they realize

4. Alas! This world is no abode to stay
Wherein is permanence or pleasures stay

5. And death is every soul's fate, the wise perceive
Palaces and tombs are the same, they believe

6. Build strongholds to protect people, yet still
Their buttresses crumble and towers fall ill

7. The splendor of kings has passed and been lost
Beneath dust their heads and chests now tossed

8. Nonexistence embodied in existence like
Reflections in a mirror, a transient life

9. To God's grace went a virtuous soul
Who trod the path of chastity as her role

10. Like a dove in gentleness she took flight
Soaring, her rain left all hearts alight

11. Never knowing sin's stain in this earthly life
You promised her peer in paradise would thrive

12. She left without sorrow, though in her parting, still
In hearts burned yearning flames no tears can fill

13. To her noble father remained but the pain
To dry his streaming tears that fell like rain

14. Though young, her loss was so grave when viewed well
Only the wise life's meaning can tell

15. Grief follows the loss of one held dear
Not for days gone which one counts as years

16. God's blessings on the tomb that now contains
One vanished of those rays that life sustains

17. A land whose buried beauty flowers yield
As if with beauty it is sealed

18. Borne was she by the men and raised on high
By angels' hands to the heavenly sky

19. Lain in earth's embrace, her soul took flight
To paradise, which opened within heavenly light

20. God grants her eternal bliss, as clouds roam
Visiting her tranquil heavenly home