دَاعٍ دَعَاهُ إِلَى الجِهَاد فَأَزْمَعَا

سَفَراً وَجَادَ بِنَفْسهِ مُتَطوِّعَا

A caller called him to jihad, so they set out

On a journey, and he volunteered his soul eagerly

غَلبَتْ حَمِيَّتهُ هَوَاهُ لِعِرْسهِ

فَنَأَى وَوَدَّعَ قلْبَهُ إِذْ وَدَّعَا

His passion for his wedding overcame him

So he declined, though he had bidden his heart farewell

وَقَضَتْ أَمِينَةُ بَعْدَهُ أَيَّامَهَا

فِي الحُزْنِ غَيْرَ أَمِينَةٍ أَنْ تُفْجَعَا

After him Amina spent her days

In sorrow, no longer the carefree Amina

غَرَسَتْ بِصَحْنِ الدَّارِ زَهْرَةَ نَرْجِسٍ

لِتكُونَ سَلْوَتَهَا إِلى أَنْ يَرجِعَا

She planted a narcissus flower in her courtyard

To console her until he might return

كَانَتْ تُبَالِغُ فِي رِعَايَتِهَا كَمَا

تَرْعَى عُيُونُ الأُمِّ طِفْلاً مُرْضَعَا

She tended to it as a mother tends

To her suckling babe

حَتَّى إِذَا مَا جَاءَهَا عَنْ بَعْلِهَا

نَبَأٌ أَصَمَّ المِسْمَعَيْنِ وَرَوَّعَا

Until the news reached her about her husband

That deafened the ears and terrified

شُقَّت مَرَارتُهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَوْشَكَتْ

مِنْ هَوْلِ ذَاكَ الخَطْبِ أَنْ تَتَصَدَّعَا

Her bitterness over him intensified, and she nearly

Cracked from the horror of that news

وَكَأَنَّ ذَاكَ الرُّزْءَ قَبْلَ وُقُوعهِ

مِمَّا شَجَاهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مُتَوَقَّعَا

As if that calamity, before befalling,

Was not something she had anticipated

فَتفقَّدَتْ صُبْحاً أَلِيفَتَهَا الَّتِي

كَانَتْ سَلَتْهَا حَسْرَةً وَتَوَجُّعا

So in the morning she checked on her dear friend

Who had consoled her sorrow and anguish

فَإِذَا نَضارَتُها ذَوَتْ وَكَأَنَّها

عَيْنٌ أَسَالَ الحُزْنُ مِنْها مَدْمَعَا

And found that its radiance had faded, as if

Grief had caused tears to flow from it