أَأَرجو حَياةً بَعدَ فَقدِ زُمُرُّدِ

وَكانَت بِها روحي تَلَذُّ وَتَغتَذِي

Do I hope for life after losing Zumurrud,

Who was the soul that delighted and nourished me?

زُمُرُّدُ قَد خَلَّفتِ للصَّبِّ لَوعَةً

وَحُزناً بِقَلبي آخِذاً كُلَّ مَأخَذِ

Zumurrud left behind agony for the young man

And sorrow that gripped my heart and took hold

رَمَيتِ بِسَهمٍ وَسطَ قَلبٍ مُجَرَّحٍ

كَأَنَّ بِهِ وَقعَ الحُسامِ المُشَحَّذِ

You shot an arrow into the midst of a wounded heart

As if the sharp sword fell upon it

فَحَصَّنتُهُ بِالصَبرِ فيكِ وَعِندَما

نَبَضت أَتاه السَهمُ مِن كُلِّ منفَذِ

So I fortified it with patience in you, and when

It beat, the arrow came to it from every outlet

فَمِن مُقلَتي تَسهادُ جَفنٍ كَأَنَّما

يَمُرُّ عَلَيهِ اللَيلُ جلدةَ قُنفُذِ

From my eyelid comes the sleeplessness of an eye as if

The night passes over it like a hedgehog

وَمِن مَسمَعي صَغوٌ لِصَوتك دائِماً

وَمِن معطَسي تَوقٌ إِلى عَرفِكِ الشَذِي

And from my hearing, an ear listening for your voice always

And from my nose, a longing for your gentle scent

وَمِن مَبسَمي أَنفاسُ نارٍ تَردَّدَت

عَلى كَبِدٍ حَرّى وَعَقلٍ مُؤَخَّذِ

And from my smile, the breaths of fire that went

Over a burning liver and obsessed mind

بِهِ لَمَمٌ قَد مَسَّهُ وَتَخَبُّطٌ

فَلا بالرُقى يُهدى وَلا بِالتَعوُّذِ

In it are touches that have affected it and confusion

So it cannot be led by incantations or amulets

تقدّمها بنتي نَضيرةُ بِنتها

وَقَد جُمِعا في مُلحدٍ لَم يُسرَّذِ

Her daughter Nadira bint presented it

And they were both compiled in an atheist who was not gentle

وَكُنّا الَّذي مَع وَصلَةٍ لي وَعائِدٍ

وَقَد حُذفا لَم يَبقَ مِنها سِوى الَّذي

And we were the ones with connections to me and returning

And they were both omitted, nothing remained but that which

وَزينةِ حِلم عَقلُها ثابِتٌ فَلا

تَأثرُ مِن إِيهامِ كُلِّ مُشَعوذِ

And the adornment of wisdom, her mind was steadfast so

It is not affected by the illusions of any sorcerer

وَحازَت لِحُسنِ الخَلقِ خُلقاً مُدَمَّثاً

وَلينَ كَلامٍ طاهِرٍ لَيسَ بِالبَذي

And she gained good morals for good behavior

And soft, pure words that are not vile

فَما دَنَّسَت فاها بِغيبَةِ غائِبٍ

وَلا مَنَعَت رفداً لِمَن جاءَ يَحتَذي

So she did not sully her mouth with the absence of an absent one

And did not prevent sustenance from one who came seeking

وَتعرف أَجناسَ المَبيعِ جَميعه

وَأَثمانه مِن فَحمَةٍ للزُمُرُّذِ

She knew all kinds of goods sold

And their prices, from trinkets to jewelry

وَإِن جاءَ كَحّالٌ وَذو الطب نَحوَها

تُباريهما فَأَذعنا للتَّتلمُذِ

And if a kohl seller or a doctor came to her

They submitted to being her students

تَغيَّر ذِهني بَعدَ جِسمي

فَعَقليَ لَم يَقبل عَزائمَ عوَّذِ

My mind changed after my body

So my intellect did not accept the decisions of charms

وَجسمي إِذا رُمتُ اِضطِجاعاً لِراحَةٍ

يَقلَّب عَلى جَمرِ الغَضا ثُم يَحتَذي

And my body, when I tried to lay down and rest

Tosses and turns on the embers of agony and then slides

وَإِن رُمتُ نَهضاً لِلقيام فَأَخمَصِي

أَراهُ كَأَن شَوكُ القَتادِ بِهِ حُذي

And if I tried to stand up and rise, my heel

I see it as if the thorns of bindweed entwined it

وَإِن أَنا حاوَلتُ القُعودَ تَواتَرَت

هُمومٌ مَتى تَعلَق بِروحِيَ تَجبذِ

And if I attempted to sit, worries came one after the other

Whenever it clung to my soul and pulled

فَقَلبيَ في حُزنٍ وَعَينيَ في بُكا

فَيا لَكَ شَجواً بينَ ذا قَد ثَوى وَذِي

So my heart is in sorrow and my eye is in tears

Oh how strange is the lament between one who has settled and one who is confused

جَميلةُ خَلقٍ سَهلةُ الخُلقِ لينةٌ

رَقيقَةُ قَلبٍ ثاقِبِ الذهنِ أَحوَذي

Beautiful of creation, easygoing, soft of heart

Delicate of heart, sharp of mind, and focused

أَجدك لَن تُصغِي لِشاكٍ مُوَلَّهٍ

جَريحِ فُؤادٍ فيكَ ذي مَدمَعٍ قَذي

I find you will not listen to a devoted complainant

With a wounded heart, crying for you

تَباخَلتِ حَتّى الطيفُ لَيسَ بِزائِرٍ

لَدى هَجعَةٍ ساهِي الفُؤادِ مُجَذَّذِ

You were stingy until even an apparition is not visiting

At the bedside of one oblivious of heart, shaken

يَقي صالِحٌ وَأَحمَدُ وُمُحَمَّدٌ

وَبلقيسُ كَالأَيتامِ بَعدَ زُمُرُّذِ

Saleh, Ahmad and Muhammad survive

And Belqis like orphans after Zumurrud

وَكانَت لَهُم أُمّاً حَنوناً وَجَدَّةً

شَفوقاً تُشَهِّيهِم بِكُلِّ تَلَذُّذِ

They had a loving mother and grandmother

Who tempted them with all kinds of pleasures

وَتَختارُ أَنواعَ المَطاعِمِ سُكّرٍ

وَحَلوى وَبانيذٍ لَهُم وَطَبَرزَذِ

And chose for them types of desserts and candies

And dates for them and dried fruits

رَوَت مِن أَحاديثِ الرَسولِ مَسانِداً

وَكانَ لَها روحٌ بِتَسماعِها غُذي

She related from the narrations of the Messenger foundations

And her soul was nourished by listening to them

صَحيحَ بُخارِيٍّ وَمسندَ دارمٍ

بِسَمعِ إِمامٍ ثابتِ النَقلِ جَهبَذِ

Authentic Bukhari and Musnad Darimi

With the narration of an imam of reliable transmission

وَرَوَّت بِبَيتِ اللَهِ وَالقُدسِ ما رَوَت

لِمصريٍّ أَو شاميٍّ أَو مُتَبَغدِذِ

And she related in Bayt Al-Maqdis what she related

To an Egyptian or Levantine or Baghdadi

وَحجَّت وَزَارَت مَرَّتَينِ وَقَدَّست

وَما يَكُ مِن بِرٍّ تُعجِّل وَتنفِذِ

And she performed Hajj and visited twice and sanctified

And did not fail to rush to do any righteous deed

قَضى اللَهُ أَن عاشَت وَماتَت سَعيدَةً

وَلَيسَ امرؤٌ مِما قَضاهُ بِمنفَذِ

God ordained that she lived and died happily

And no man can evade what He has decreed

مَضَت وَلَها ذكرٌ جَميلٌ مُخَلّدٌ

ثَناء كَعَرف المسكِ وَالعَنبَرِ الشَذِي

She passed away with a beautiful immortal memory

Praise like the scent of musk and fragrant ambergris

إِلى العالَمِ العُلويِّ راحُوا بِروحِها

لِروح وَرَيحانٍ وَجَنَّةِ مغتَذِ

They took her soul to the highest realm

To the soul, gardens and blessings of Paradise

وَلَم تَكتَرِث يَوماً بِلِبسٍ وَزينَةٍ

وَحَليٍ فَتَبدو في النَعيمِ المُلَذّذِ

And she never cared for clothing, adornment

Or jewelry to appear in luxurious bliss

وَلَكن بِجودٍ وَاحتِمالٍ يَزينُها

بِنَفحٍ لِذي فَقرٍ وَصَفحٍ عَن البَذي

But with charity and forbearance adorning her

With a whiff for the poor and pardoning the vile

مُطَهرةٌ لَفظاً وَقَلباً وَبَرَّةٌ

مُبَرَّأةٌ عَن كُلِّ ما قادحٍ رَذي

Purified in word, heart, and innocent

Absolved of anything objectionable or obscene