إِنَّ جِسمي مُقَيَّدٌ بِالضَريحِ

وَفُؤادِي وَقفٌ عَلى التَبريحِ

My body lies confined within the grave

While my heart stands still with shock and grief

وَلِعَيني إِذا ذَكَرتُ نُضاراً

مردٌ مِن دِماءِ قَلب جَريحِ

And my eyes, whenever you are recalled

Stream with the blood of a wounded heart

راحَ عيدٌ وَبعدُ عيدٌ كَبيرٌ

وَنضارٌ تَحتَ الثَرى وَالصَفيحِ

One feast has passed and then another, grand

While you lie under earth and tile

لا أَرى فيهِما وَجيهَ نُضارٍ

يا لَشَوقي لِذا الوَجيهِ المَليحِ

In neither do I see the lovely face of al-Nadirah

Oh, how I long for that graceful, beautiful face

وَنُضارٌ كانَت أَنيسي وَحُبّي

وَنضارٌ كانَت حَياتي وَروحي

al-Nadirah who was my companion and love

al-Nadirah who was my life and soul

وَنُضارٌ أَبقَت بِقَلبي حُزنا

لَيسَ يَنفَكُّ أَو أُوافِي ضَريحي

al-Nadirah who left my heart heavy

With a sadness that will not dispel until I join you in the grave

لَم يَكُن لِلنضارِ يَوماً نَظيرٌ

في ذَكاءٍ لَها وَعَقلٍ رَجيحِ

Never was there anyone like al-Nadirah

In her intelligence, wisdom and eloquence

وَحَياءٍ وَحُسنِ مَلقىً وَخطٍ

بارِعٍ نادِرٍ وَلَفظٍ فَصيحِ

Her shyness, her excellent manners and handwriting

Unique, rare, and lucid speech

نَظَرت في العُلومِ فقهٍ وَنَحوٍ

وَحَديثٍ عَن الرَسولِ صَحيحِ

She studied jurisprudence, grammar

And the true hadiths about the Prophet

وَلَكَم طالَعَت تَواريخَ ناسٍ

فَاستَفادَت عقلَ الحَكيمِ النَصيحِ

And how she examined the histories of people

Gaining the wisdom of the sincere adviser

قَد قَضَت نَحبَها نُضارُ وَراحَت

وَلَها الذكرُ بِالثَناءِ الصَريحِ

al-Nadirah has passed away and gone

But she is remembered with sincere praise

سُطِرَت في الرُواةِ عَن سَيِّدِ الخَلقِ

فَيا طِيبَ ذِكرِها وَالمَديحِ

She is recorded by the transmitters of the Master of Mankind

So excellent is the memory and eulogy of her

إِن تَكُن قَد تَقدَّمَت وَبَقينا

بُرهَةً في زَمانِنا المَسفوحِ

If she has gone ahead while we remain

For a while in our turbulent time

فَعَلى إِثرِها نَروحُ وَنَرجُو

عَفوَ رَبٍّ عَن الذُنوبِ صَفوحِ

We will follow in her path, hoping

For the Lord's forgiveness and clemency