1. مَا كانَ أَخْلَقَهَا بِهَذَا المَرْجِعِ

    بَعْدَ النُّصُولِ مِن المَكَانِ الأَرْفَعِ

    How fitting this return was for her,

    after departing from the loftiest place.

  2. مَلأَتْ سَمَاوَتَهَا كَوَاكِبَ وَانْجَلَتْ

    عَنْ كُلِّ مُزْدَهِرِ السَّنَى مُتَطَلِّعِ

    She filled her sky with stars and unveiled

    every rising star, radiant with light.

  3. لاَ تَبْعُدِي يَا مَنْ سَمَوْتِ إِلى العُلَى

    وَنَزَعْتِ عَنْ دُنْيَاكِ أَشْرَفَ مَنْزَعِ

    Do not go far, O you who soared to the heights,

    and withdrew from your world in the noblest way.

  4. الشَّمْسُ إِنْ غَابَتْ فإِنَّ غُرُوبَهَا

    عَنْ مَوْضِعٍ هُوَ مُشْرِقٌ في مَوْضعِ

    If the sun sets, its setting

    in one place is its rising in another.