1. وماضيةٍ إلى الرحمنِ أضحتْ

    أجلَّ نساءِ أهلِ العصرِ صَيْبا

    And a woman gone to the Most Merciful had become

    the noblest of her age’s women in rain-like bounty.

  2. مباركةٌ ممنَّعةٌ رزانٌ

    تردُّ عن النِّسا ذماً ورَيْبا

    Blessed, inviolate, dignified,

    she wards off blame and suspicion from women.

  3. قرينةُ زاهدٍ لولاهُ كانتْ

    تشيبُ رءوسُ أهل العصرِ شَيْبَا

    The wife of an ascetic—had it not been for him,

    the heads of the people of the age would have turned gray.

  4. تحنُّ على الفقيرِ حنينَ أمٍّ

    وترحمُهُ فُوَيتَ الموتِ وَيْبَا

    She feels for the poor with a mother’s tenderness,

    and shows him mercy just beyond death—alas!

  5. تزيدُ على الرجالِ نهىً وعقلاً

    وما التأنيثُ لاسمِ الشمسِ عَيْبَا

    She surpasses men in discernment and intellect,

    and feminine gender is no flaw in the sun’s name.

  6. فصبراً سيِّدي فالصبرُ خيرٌ

    فليسَ بنافعٍ مَنْ شقَّ جَيْبَا

    So be patient, my master, for patience is better;

    for whoever rends his collar does no good.