رُزِقْتُ بِنْتاً لَيتَها لَمْ تَكُنْ

في لَيلَةٍ كالدَّهُرِ قَضّيتُها

I was blessed with a daughter, would that she had not been

In a night like an epoch I spent it

وَقِيلَ ما سَميَّتَها قُلتُ لَوْ

بَكيْتُ مِنها كُنْتُ سَمّيتُها

It was said what did you name her I said if

I had wept for her, I would have named her Tears