1. رقدت ههنا فتاة لبيبه

    ذات حسن في عنفوان الشبيبه

    Here rests an intelligent young woman,

    Endowed with beauty, in the prime of youth.

  2. قصفت غصنها المنايا رطيباً

    فأَطالت بكاء أمٍّ كئيبه

    Death snapped her branch while it was still tender,

    Thus prolonging a sorrowful mother's weeping.

  3. ودعت أهلها وقالت بحزن

    رحلتي عن دنياي هذي قريبه

    She bade her family farewell and said in sorrow:

    "My departure from this world of mine is near."

  4. هي والشمس غابتا في زمانٍ

    واحدٍ آه آه يا للمصيبه

    She and the sun both vanished at the same

    Time—alas, alas, what a calamity!

  5. فابك ما شئت يا يراعي وأرخ

    في شباب الحياة أودت نجيبه

    So weep as much as you wish, O my pen, and record the date:

    "In the youth of life, Najiba died."