1. تَمَّ فِيكِ الجَمَالُ حَسّاً وَمَعْنىً

    هَكَذَا هَكَذَا تَمَامُ الجَمَالِ

    Beauty is complete in you, in form and in spirit.

    Thus, thus is beauty's perfection.

  2. خُلُقٌ طَاهِرٌ وَخُلْقٌ بَدِيعٌ

    وَخِصَالٌ يَا طِيبَهَا مِنْ خِصَالِ

    A pure character and a wondrous disposition,

    And virtues—oh, what fine virtues they are!

  3. صُوَرةٌ أَخْلَصَتْ حُلاَهَا فَجَاءَتْ

    فِي مِثَالٍ يَفُوقُ أَسْنَى مِثَالِ

    A figure that refined its charms and so appeared

    In a form surpassing the most radiant form.

  4. شَرَفٌ رَاسِخُ الاصُولِ قَدِيمٌ

    فَرَّعَتْهُ أَوَاخِرٌ عَنْ أَوَالِي

    Ancient nobility, firmly rooted,

    Which later generations derived from earlier ones.

  5. ثَرْوَةٌ لاَ تَقِلُّ فِي العِلْمِ وَالآ

    دَابِ عَنْهَا فِي الجَاهِ أَوْ فِي المَالِ

    Wealth no less in learning and litera-

    ture than in prestige or money.

  6. كَرَمٌ فِي أَحَبِّ شيءٍ إِلَى اللهِ

    مِنَ الصِّدْقِ وَالتُّقَى وَالكَمَالِ

    Generosity in what is dearest to God—

    Truthfulness, piety, and perfection.

  7. نَجدَةٌ لِلضَّعيفِ وَالعَاثِرِ الْجَدِّ

    بِأَنْدَى يَدٍٍ وَأَجْدَى نَوَالِ

    Succor for the weak and those whose fortune stumbles,

    With the most generous hand and the most helpful gifts.

  8. ذَاكَ مَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْهَا فَهَل بِدْعَ

    وَفِيهَا رَأَى الإِمَارَةَ عَالِي

    That is what I have heard of her—is it any wonder,

    When Ali saw princely dignity in her?