1. هَذهْ عَروسُ الحَولِ قَد أَودى بِها

    قَدرٌ أَذابَ بها حَشاً وَكُبودا

    This bride of a year has been carried off

    by a fate that melted entrails and livers through her loss.

  2. تَرَكَت ديارَ بَني بَشارةَ فَاِنثَنى

    طَيبَ البِشائرِ بَعدَها تَعديدا

    She left the homes of Bani Bishara, turning

    the sweetness of glad tidings, after her departure, into lamentation.

  3. أَبقَت مَرارةَ لَهفةٍ لِقَرينِها

    أَبَداً تَجَدِّدُ حُزنهُ تَجديدا

    She left her husband the bitterness of anguish,

    forever renewing his sorrow afresh.

  4. فَأَتى مُؤرِّخُها يُعزِّي فاقِداً

    رَحلت أَنيستُهُ فَعادَ فَريدا

    So her chronicler came to console a bereaved man:

    His companion departed, and he was left alone.