جُفوفَ البَلى أَسرَعتِ في الغُصُنِ الرَطبِ

وَخَطبَ الرَدى وَالمَوتِ أَبرَحتَ مِن خَطبِ

The withering of decay hastened in the moist branch,

And the vicissitudes of fate and death ceased from vicissitude.

لَقَد شَرِقَت في الشَرقِ بِالمَوتِ غادَةٌ

تَعَوَّضتُ مِنها غُربَةَ الدارِ في الغَربِ

The sun did indeed rise in death with misfortune in the east,

I was compensated by it for the misery of the house in the west.

وَأَلبَسَني ثَوباً مِنَ الحُزنِ وَالأَسى

هِلالٌ عَلَيهِ نَسجُ ثَوبٍ مِنَ التُربِ

It clothed me in a garment of sorrow and anguish,

A crescent moon on which is woven a garment of dust.

أَقولُ وَقَد قالوا اِستَراحَت بِمَوتِها

مِنَ الكَربِ رَوحُ المَوتِ شَرٌّ مِنَ الكَربِ

I say, though they have said, with her death was relieved

From anguish, the soul of death is worse than anguish.

لَقَد نَزَلَت ضَنكاً مِنَ اللَحدِ وَالثَرى

وَلَو كانَ رَحبَ الذَرعِ ما كانَ بِالرَحبِ

It descended narrow from the grave and soil,

And if it were spacious in extent, it would not be spacious.

وَكُنتُ أُرَجّي القُربَ وَهيَ بَعيدَةٌ

فَقَد نُقِلَت بُعدي عَنِ البُعدِ وَالقُربِ

I hoped for nearness while she was distant,

So my remoteness from remoteness and nearness was conveyed.

لَها مَنزِلٌ تَحتَ الثَرى وَعَهِدتُها

لَها مَنزِلٌ بَينَ الجَوانِحِ وَالقَلبِ

She has a dwelling beneath the soil and I promised her

She has a dwelling between the breasts and the heart.