قال الفتى الهايم من الأمتحان

أن يفقد المضنى حليفه

The lovesick youth said of the test,

That losing a companion is most distressing,

قد صد الفى بعد قطع الزمان

لقيا على خبره نظيفه

The young man was isolated after time passed,

Only to find his news was spotless,

وكملت لي وحشتي وردغان

الدمة البيضا التحفيفه

And my loneliness and homesickness was completed,

For the white, fine-fingered, beautiful doll,

ماتت وقد كانت حياة المكان

تفقده مثل الوصيفه

She who was the life of the place died,

Missing her like a loyal maid,

لكل ساحي ضامنه به ضمان

ولا تسهل في وظيفه

To each companion she guaranteed a guarantee,

Never easing up from her duties,

فيها شجاعة كل دمه جبان

منها وسطوتها مخيفه

In her was a bravery though her blood was cowardly,

Her tyranny and power were frightening,

تنط في الجو تخطف الشيمران

والباز تبقى له وكيفه

She would leap through the air snatching sparrows,

Leaving the falcon confused,

وان اوكست بالقار تجنن جنان

وتقتله قتله عنيفه

If she was angry at a rock, she would madden even temperate souls,

Killing it a violent death,

تمد مخلب حد مثل السنان

تترك بطون الفار ليفه

She would extend a claw sharp as fangs,

Leaving the rat's belly flattened,

وتمشره في الحال من حيث كان

وكم خصال فيها شريفه

And she would tear it apart immediately wherever it was,

So many noble traits she had,

تحرس لنا زنبيل قحطه ملان

شركه وهي منها عفيفه

She protected our harvest-filled food bushel,

While remaining chaste towards it,

فيها أباوت نفس تنقر عيان

ما تقرب الأشياء الوكيفه

In her was a soul that pecked at the weak,

Not approaching ambiguous things,

تعرف ريات البونيات السمان

وتعرف الشاة الضعيفه

She knew the paths of rabbits and polecats,

And knew the weak sheep,

وحاصله كل الصفات الحسان

على ولا دمه لطيفه

And in summary, all the good traits,

Despite not having gentle blood,

ما مثلها في اللطف في كوكبان

في الرفع رتبتها منيفه

None could match her gentleness in both worlds,

Her status was elevated and prestigious,

شاسكب عليها دمع مثل الجمان

وآنوح من فقد الطريفه

I shed tears over her like a torrent,

And I lament the loss of the gentle one,

واثنى عنان المدح في كل آن

نحو الذي يرعى حليفه

And I unleash the reins of praise at all times,

Towards He who preserves companions,

عز الهدى الشاعر فصيح اللسان

من للأدب سنبد عطيفه

Honor to the poet whose speech is eloquent,

Who has for literature an amiable friend,

لبس من اثواب البديع طيلسان

وبان عن مولى السقيفه

Wearing robes of rhetorical elegance,

Manifesting the Master of the canopy,

أبوه أبا لو زدقرى في البيان

ما كان نلقى أين نظيفه

His father, if he had plunged into eloquence,

We would not find anything spotless,

كان شايقع للمشكلات ترجمان

يفنقل الآشيا الرهيفه

He was an interpreter for convoluted matters,

Translating subtle things,

وازكا التحيه ما ينوق إتان

أو بوحت بقرى ضعيفه

And I bestow the most excellent greetings, however much an attack,

Or I profess love for a weak village.