فردةٌ منْ لآلئٍ

فردةٌ منْ لآلئٍ

تتثنَّى منَ المرضْ

تتثنَّى منَ المرضْ

A single pearl among pearls,

A lone pearl

She sways from illness;

Curving with illness

ثُمَّ ماتتْ فجسمُها

ثُمَّ ماتتْ فجسمُها

جوهرٌ زالَ بالعرضْ

جوهرٌ زالَ بالعرضْ

Then she died, and her body

Then it died and its body

Was a jewel—a substance—undone by an accident.

An essence gone with the accident