زَوْجُ سليمٍ إِلَيْهِ آبَت

وَفِيَّة طَلْقَةَ المُحَيَّا

The spouse of Suleiman has passed away to him

And the exemplar of Muhayya's separation

تَارِكَةً فِي الحَيَاةِ ذِكْراً

مَا دَامَ فِيهَا الوَفَاءُ حيا

Leaving behind in life a memory

That endures as long as loyalty lives

للهِ قَبْرٌ أَوَتْ إِلَيْهِ

وَفَارَقَتْ أَوْجَهَا السَّنِيَّا

To Allah is a grave she came to

And left behind her effulgent visage

كَانَ لَهُ قَبْلَهَا مُقَامٌ

غَدَا بِأَضْعافِهِ حرِيَّا

He had before her a lofty status

That overnight was folded over in grief

أَلا تَرَى الهَامَ خَاشِعَاتٍ

حِيَالَهُ وَالعُلَى جُثِيَّا

Do you not see the doves humbled

Before him, and the heights bowed down

مَنْ زَاره من مُؤَرِّخِيهِ

رأَى هُنَا مَوْضِعَ الثُّرَيَّا

Whoever of his chroniclers visits him

Sees here the place of wealth