لَمْ تُطِيقِي بَعْدَ الأَلِيفِ الْبَقَاءَ

وَكَرِهْتِ الْحَيَاةَ أَمْسَتْ شَقَاءَ

You could not bear to remain, after becoming accustomed,

And you hated life, it became misery,

فَوَهَى قَلْبُكِ الْكَسِيرُ الْمُعَنَّى

وَتَعَجَّلتِ لِلرَّحِيلِ الْقَضَاءَ

So your aching, troubled heart grew weak,

And you hastened to meet your fate.

مَا الَّذِي يَفْعَلُ الدَّوَاءُ إِذَا لَمْ

يَبْقَ في الْجِسْمِ مَا يُعِينُ الدَّوَاءِ

What can medicine do, if there remains

In the body nothing to aid the medicine?

خِيلَ أَنَّ الْوَفَاءَ أَكْدَى إلىَ أن

شَهِدَ النَّاسُ مِنْكِ هَذَا الْوَفَاءَ

It was thought that loyalty led to destruction, until

People witnessed this loyalty from you.

كَمْ رَجَوْنَا لَكِ الشِّفَاءَ وَخَارَ اللَّـ

ـهُ في غَيْرِ مَا رَجَوْنَا الشِّفَاءَ

How much we hoped for your recovery, but God

Willed other than what we hoped for recovery.

هَكَذَا شَاءَ وَالْمَصِيرُ إِلَيْهِ

وَلَهُ الأَمْرُ فَلْيَكُنْ مَا شَاءَ

Thus He willed, and the outcome is to Him,

And to Him belongs the command, so let what He willed be.

أسَفٌ أَنْ يُغَيِّب الْقَبْرُ رُوحاً

مَلَكِيّاً وَطَلْعَةً زَهْرَاءَ

Sadness that the grave should hide a spirit

Angelic and a blossoming flower.

أَيْنَ ذَاكَ الْبَهَاءُ يُجْرِي عَلَى مَا

حَوْلَهُ بَهْجَةً وَيُلْقِي بَهَاءَ

Where is that splendor flowing around

That which surrounds it with joy and casts radiance?

أَيْنَ ذَاكَ السَّخَاءُ يَكْفِي الْيَتَامَى

وَالأَيَامَى ويَنْصُرُ الضُّعفَاءَ

Where is that generosity satisfying the orphans

And the widows and aiding the weak?

أَيْنَ ذَاكَ الْحَيَاءُ عَنْ عِزَّةٍ لاَ

عَنْ تَعَالٍ وَحَيِّ ذَاك حَيَاءَ

Where is that modesty, not of pride

But of highness, and the modesty of that modesty?

عَرَفَتْهَا مَعَاهِدُ الْعِلْمِ وَالآدا

بِ وَالْبِرِّ لاَ تَمَلُّ عَطَاءَ

The schools of knowledge, morals and righteousness knew her,

She does not cease to give.

كَانَ صَدْرُ النَّدِيِّ يَهْتَزُّ تِيهاً

حِينَ تَحْتَلُّهُ وَيَزْهُو رُوَاءَ

The Prophet's chest would shudder humbly

Whenever she made him laugh, exhaling fragrance.

أَفْضَلُ الأُمَّهاتِ جَفَّ حَشَاهَا

مَنْ يُعَزِّي الْبَنَاتِ وَالأَبْنَأءَ

The best of mothers, her absence has stilled

Who will console the daughters and sons?

نَشَّأتْهُنَّ صَالِحَاتٍ وَرَبَّتهُمْ

كُرَمَاءً أَعَزَّةً نُجَبَاءَ

She raised them righteous, and nurtured them

Nobly, proudly, loftily.

غَانِيَاتٍ فُقْنَ اللِّدَاتِ جَمَالاً

وَكَمَالاً وَرِقَّة وَذَكَاءَ

Singers, surpassing in beauty, perfection, gentleness and intelligence,

And youth - the elite of the youth of the age in knowledge, wisdom and radiance.

وَشَبَاباً هُمْ نُخْبَةٌ في شَبَابِ الْعَصْـ

ـرِ عِلْماً وَحِكْمَةً وَمضَاءَ

House of Samaan, that an affliction has befallen you

Is lighter than an affliction which has lightened afflictions.

آلَ سَمْعَانَ إِنَّ رُزْءًا دَهَاكُمْ

تِلْوَ رُزْءٍ قَدْ هَوَّنَ الأَرْزَاءَ

Much weeping would not avail, if it could,

Except she who turned to God

لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْكَثِيرِ لَوْ كَانَ تُجْدِي

أَنْ تَسِيلَ النُّفوسُ فِيهِ بُكَاءَ

Left for the bereaved comfort.

She did not turn away from you, and she left

غَيْرَ أَنَّ الَّتِي إلىَ اللهِ آبَتْ

خَلَّفَتْ لِلْمُفْجَعِينَ عَزَاءَ

Signs speaking and informing.

Memories guiding to good those who have lost

مَا تَوَلَّتْ عَنْكُمْ وَقَدْ تَرَكَتْ آ

ثَارَهَا النَّاطِقَاتِ وَالأَنْبَاءَ

The way, and benefiting the living.

Egypt bid farewell to her bier in a celebration

ذِكْرَيَاتٍ تَهْدِي إلى الْخَيْرِ مَنْ ضَـ

ـلَّ سَبِيلاً وَتَنْفَعُ الأَحْيَاءَ

Rarely seen for the great.

And fulfilled the duty of farewell for a merit

شَيَّعتْ مِصْرُ نَعْشَهَا بِاحْتِفَالٍ

قَلَّما شَيَّعتْ بِهِ الْعُظَمَاءَ

That the men do not equal the women in.

Neighbor of eternity - in eternity there is no remoteness

وَقَضَتْ وَاجِبَ الْوَدَاعِ لِفَضْلٍ

لاَ يُسَامِي بِهِ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ

After the lover attains the meeting.

You won from it good wishes - so benefit from them, rewarded.

جَارَةَ الْخُلْدِ لَيْسَ في الْخُلْدِ نَأْيٌ

بَعْدَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الْمُحِبُّ اللِّقَاءَ

Indeed, in death and life there is an eternal secret

Perplexing the minds.

فُزْتِ مِنْهُ بِطَيِّباتِ الأَمَانِي

فَاغْنَمِيهَا مَثُوبَةً وَجَزَاءَ

We are in darkness that grows denser,

And you have surely reached its light.

إِنَّ في الْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ لَسِرّاً

أَبَدِيّاً يُحَيِّرُ الْعُقَلاَءَ

So the calamity, O virtuous one, intensified

For your closest kin and loved ones.

نَحْنُ مِنْهُ في ظُلْمَةٍ تَتَدَجَّى

وَلَقَدْ جُزْتِهَا فَعَادَتْ ضِيَاءَ

Excuse our grief, for we are on the earth

While blessed are you for reaching the heavens.

فَدَحَ الْخَطْبُ يَا عَفِيفَةُ في هِجْـ

ـرَانِكِ الأَقْرِبَاءَ وَالأًوْلِيَاءَ

فاعْذِرِي حُزْنَنَا فَإِنَّا عَلَى الأَرْ

ضِ وَطُوبَاكِ أَنْ بَلَغْتِ السَّماءَ