انْفَرَطَ العِقْدُ وَيَا حُسْنَهُ

حَبَّاتُهُ تَجْرِي كَقِطْرِ النَّدَى

The necklace is undone, yet what beauty

Its beads trickling like drops of dew

لاَ انْفَرَطَ العِقْدُ الَّذِي ضَمَّكُمْ

وَلَيْكُ ذَاكَ العِقْدُ نِعْمَ الفِدَى

The necklace binding you is not undone

That necklace is indeed priceless

أَمَّا الَّتِي قَلَّدَهُ جِيدُهَا

وَحَبَّذَا الجِّيدُ وَمَا قُلِّدَا

As for her who wore it around her neck

And the neck extolled what it was adorned with

لَوِ أَنَّ شَيْئاً زَائِلاً حُسْنُهُ

خُلِّدَ كَانَ العِقْدُ قَدْ خُلِدَا

If something fleeting yet beautiful

Could be made eternal, the necklace would have been eternalized