عَن دار مينا ابن غندورٍ قد اِرتحلت

عَن دار مينا ابن غندورٍ قد اِرتحلت

في زهوة العمر لم تبلغ ثلاثينا

في زهوة العمر لم تبلغ ثلاثينا

She has departed from the house of Mina ibn Ghandur,

From the abode of Mina the daughter of Ghundur she departed

in the bloom of life, not yet thirty.

In the prime of life, not yet thirty years old

عَزيزَةٌ مثل غصن البان قد قُصِفَت

عَزيزَةٌ مثل غصن البان قد قُصِفَت

فكل قَلبٍ عليها بات محزونا

فكل قَلبٍ عليها بات محزونا

A beloved one, like a branch of the ban tree, has been snapped off;

A precious one like a tender bough she was broken

so every heart has become sorrowful over her.

So every heart for her remains sorrowful

ابقت بني عَرَمانٍ اهلَها ولهم

ابقت بني عَرَمانٍ اهلَها ولهم

دمعٌ عدا بدم الاجفان مقرونا

دمعٌ عدا بدم الاجفان مقرونا

She left behind the sons of Arman, her family, with

She left the clan of Araman their kin-folk

tears streaming, mingled with the blood of their eyelids.

With tears flowing coupled with the blood of their eyelids

فان تشأ نظم تأريخ العزآءِ فقل

فان تشأ نظم تأريخ العزآءِ فقل

نالَت من اللَه ما تَرجوهُ روجينا

نالَت من اللَه ما تَرجوهُ روجينا

So if you wish to compose a chronogram of mourning, say:

If you wish to compose an elegy for her passing say:

Rujina has received from God what she hopes for.

She has attained from God what she hoped for, Raujina.