1. ما رِيءَ مِثْليَ في الماضِي ولا الآتِي

    فَريدَةً جَمَعتْ ما بَيْنَ أشْتاتِ

    My like has never been seen in the past, nor will it be in the future.

    A peerless jewel that has brought scattered things together.

  2. أنا العَروسُ منَ الرّيْحانِ لي حُلَلٌ

    والبَهْوُ تاجيَ والصِّهْريجُ مِرْآتي

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

    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 Dar al-Sa‘d as a maidservant.

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

  4. خَديمَةٌ منْ بَناتِ الرّومِ واقِفَةٌ

    رَفَعْتُ منْ فَوْقِ رأسي بِنْتَ مَوْلاتي

    Stand as a maidservant, one of the daughters of the Romans.

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