1. قدْ كانَ نجمُ الدينِ شمساً أشرقَتْ

    بحماةَ للداني بها والقاصي

    Najm al-Din was indeed a sun that shone

    In Hama, for those nearby and those far away.

  2. عدمَتْ ضياءَ ابنِ العديمِ فأنشدَتْ

    ماتَ المطيعُ فيا هلاكَ العاصي

    She lost Ibn al-Adim’s radiance and recited:

    “The obedient one has died—so woe to the disobedient!”