1. ما رِيءَ مِثْليَ في الماضِي ولا الآتِي

    فَريدَةً جَمَعتْ ما بَيْنَ أشْتاتِ

    None like me has been seen in the past, nor will be in the future—

    A peerless one who has brought disparate things together.

  2. أنا العَروسُ منَ الرّيْحانِ لي حُلَلٌ

    والبَهْوُ تاجيَ والصِّهْريجُ مِرْآتي

    I am the bride; my robes are of sweet basil.

    And the hall is my crown, and the pool my mirror.

  3. قَدْ قُمْتُ منْ خَلْفِ دارِ السّعْدِ خادِمةً

    فَكُنْهُ حاليَ أنّي يا أُخَيّاتِي

    I have taken my stand behind the House of Good Fortune as a maidservant.

    So the truth of my condition, O my little sisters, is that I am

  4. خَديمَةٌ منْ بَناتِ الرّومِ واقِفَةٌ

    رَفَعْتُ منْ فَوْقِ رأسي بِنْتَ مَوْلاتي

    a little maidservant, one of the daughters of the Romans, standing;

    I have raised my mistress’s daughter above my head.