يَا تِرْبَ عَصْرِكِ بِيتِي

فِي رَحْمَةِ المُتَعَالِي

O soil of the era, my home

In the mercy of the Most High

حَيِيتِ خَيْرَ حَيَاةٍ

وَأُلْتِ خَيْرَ مَآلِ

You lived the best life

And met the best fate

بِضْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ مَرَّتْ

مِنَ السِّنِينِ الطِّوَالِ

Ninety-four times

The long years passed

بِمَا أَمَرَّتْ وَأَحَلَتْ

أَيَّامُهَا وَاللَّيَالِي

With what its days and nights

Brought and took away

قَضَيْتِهَا فِي وَقَارٍ

وَبِنْتِ فِي إِجْلاَلِ

You spent them with dignity

And built with reverence

يَبْكِيكِ نَسْلٌ كَثِيرٌ

أَنْجَبْتِهِ لِلْمَعَالِي

Many offspring weep for you

You bore for great deeds

بَيْنَ الكُهُولِ وَبَيْنَ

الشَّبَابِ وَالأَطْفَالِ

Among the elders and

The youth and children

أَهِلَّةٌ وَبُدُورٌ

مِنْ فِتْيَةٍ وَرِجَالِ

Virtuous and chaste

Of young men and men

وَأَنْجُمٌ وَشُمُوسٌ

مِنْ عِفَّةٍ وَجَمَالِ

And stars and suns

Of modesty and beauty

تَفَاتَوا طَبَقَاتٍ

فِي السِّنِّ لاَ فِي الْكَمَالِ

Graduated in age, not merit

You were a mother and wife

قَدْ كُنْتِ أُمَّاً وَزَوْجاً

فِي النَّاسِ خَيْرَ مِثَالِ

The best example among people

And knew no other way

وَمَا عَرِفْتِ بِغَيْرِ

التَّقْوَى وَحُسْنِ الخِلاَلِ

Than piety and good traits

Your effort in righteous deeds

لَمْ يَنْقَطِعْ لَكِ جُهْدٌ

فِي صَالِحِ الأعْمَالِ

Was never severed

Each day finding you

فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ تُجِدِّينَ

آيَةً مِنْ نَوَالِ

A sign of bounty

Now with white hands

آناً بِبِيضِ أَيَادٍ

تُسْدَى وَآناً بِمَال

Outstretched, now with money

And a needle in which

وَإِبْرَةٍ لَكِ فِيهَا

آيَاتُ سِحْرٍ حَلاَلِ

Spells of permitted magic flowed

You wove them into forms

صَرَّفْتِهَا فِي ضُرُوبٍ

مِنْ بِرَّكِ المُتَوَالي

Of your unending kindness

How many a gown and warmth

كَمْ حُكْتِ سِتْراً وَدِفْئاً

لِنِسْوَةٍ وَعِيَالِ

For women and children you sewed

And in your ample time

وَصُغْتِ فِي سَعَةِ

الْوَقْتِ زِينةً لِلآْلِ

An adornment for the family you were

I gained a share

لَقَدْ أَصْبتُ نَصِيباً

مِنْ ذَلِكَ الإِفْضَالِ

Of that generosity

A garment as if you wove in it

ثَوْبٌ كَأَنَّكِ فِيهِ

نَسَجْتِ لَمْحَ الَّلآلِي

The glimmer of jewels

Restoring my lost

أَعَادَ لِي مِنْ فَوَاتٍ

نَضَارَتِي وَاخْتِيَالِي

Vitality and imagination

By God, I forget no comfort

تَاللهِ إِنْ أَنْسَ لاَ أَنْسَ

طِيبَ تِلْكَ الفِعَالِ

Of those good deeds

Nor conversations that contained

وَلاَ أَحَادِيثَ أَوْعَتْ

مَحَاسِنَ الأَقْوَالِ

The beauty of words

Your sweet, healing utterances

يَجْرِي بِهَا لَفْظُكِ

العَذْبُ شَافِياً كَالزُّلاَلِ

Flowed like waterfalls

Fit for each time and state

فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ لَهَا مَوْ

قِعٌ وَفِي كُلِّ حَالِ

Adorning the metaphors

And wonderful tales

زَانتْ بَدِيعَ حُلاَهَا

مَضَارِبُ الأَمْثَالِ

Of bygone eras

Wherein truth is clad

وَرَائِعَاتُ الأقَاصِيصِ

عَنْ عُصُورٍ خَوَالِ

In the garb of fantasy

Today all of them

مِمَّا الحَقِيقَةُ فِيهِ

تُزْهَى بِثَوبِ خَيَالِ

Trouble my thoughts

And my tears chain them

أَلْيَوْمَ أَخْطَرَهَا

البَيْنُ كُلَّهَا فِي بَالِي

To your dear memory

وَسَلْسَلَتْهَا دُمُوعي

عَلَى ثَرَاكِ الغَالِي