لموت أمي أرى الأحزان تحنيني

فطالما لَحّستني لحس تحنيني

For my mother's death I see sorrows bending me

For she so often caressed me with caressing tenderness

وطالما دلّعتني حال تربيتي

حتى طلعت كما كانت تربيني

And so often pampered me during my upbringing

Until I grew as she had nurtured me

أقول نمنم تجي بالأكل تطعمني

أقول امبو تجي بالماء تسقيني

I say "Numnam", she comes with food to feed me

I say "Embo", she comes with water to quench my thirst

إن صحت في ليلة وي وي لأسهرَها

تقول هاها بهزّكي تُنّنيني

If I got sick at night she stays up all night

She says "Hehe" rocking me to lull me to sleep

كم كحّلتني ولي في جبهتي جعلت

صوصو بنيلي وكم كانت تُحنّيني

How much kohl she put on my eyelids and made

Sesame spots on my forehead, how she would pamper me

وربما شكشكتني حين أغضبها

وبعد ذا كشكشتني كي ترضيني

And sometimes she would tickle me when I angered her

And after that she tickled me to satisfy me

ومن فقيهي إن أهرب ورام أبي

مسكي وبعث له كانت تُخبّيني

And when I ran away from my father the cleric

She held me and sent for him, she would hide me

وزغرتت في طهوري فرحة وغدت

تنثر الملح من فوقي وترقيني

And during my ritual wash she rejoiced

Sprinkling salt over me and cleansing me

وفي زواجي تصدّت للجلاء عسى

على المنصّة تلقاني بتزييني

And at my wedding she busied herself with henna

So she could receive me on the dais with my adornments

وربّت أولادي أيضاً مثل تربيتي

وبعد ذلك ماتت آه وا أنيني

And she raised my children just as she raised me

Then after that she died, oh my painful lament

وخلّفتني يتيماً أبن أربعة

وأربعين سنيناً في حسابيني

And left me an orphan at forty four years old

In my counting of age

يعظّم اللَه فيها الأجر لي وكذا

لي فيّ من بعدها جودوا بآمين

May God magnify for her and me the reward

And for me after her, give freely with "Amen"