مِنَ المَلإَ الأَسْمَى عَلَى ذِلكَ القَبْرِ

ملائِكُ حُرَّاسُ الْفَضِيلَة وَالطَّهْرِ

From the highest assembly above that grave

Angels, guardians of virtue and purity

سُجُودٌ عَلى بَابِ الضَّرِيحِ الذي

ثَوَتْ بِه مُصْطفَاةُ اللّه كَامِلَةُ الْبِرِّ

Bowing at the door of the tomb that contains

God's Chosen One, perfect in righteousness

سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فَالْزَمُوهُ وَآنسُوا

غُلالَةَ حُسْنٍ تُبْتَلى بِيَدِ الهَجْرِ

Peace be upon you, so keep to it and grow familiar

With the darkness of beauty tested by the hand of estrangement

فَقَدْ صَعِدَتْ نَفْسُ الأَمِيرَة فِي الضُّحَى

إِلى اللّه وَاسْتَوْدَعْتُمُ صَدَفَ الدُّرِ

For the soul of the princess rose in the morning

To God, and you were entrusted with the pearl of pearls

تَحَمَّلَهَا نُورٌ إِلى جَنةٍ الْعُلى

كَمَا تَحْمِلُ الأَنْدَاءَ أَجْنِحَةُ الفَجْر

A light carried her to the highest paradise

As the wings of dawn carry the birds

فَيَا سَيِّدَ الدهْرِ المُعَزَّى بِفَقْدِهَا

أَنخشى عَليْكَ اليَوْمَ مِنْ صَوْلَة الدَّهْرِ

So O Lord of the age, grieved by her loss

I fear for you today the upheaval of fate

وَيَا أَكْرَمَ الآبَاءِ بِرّاً بِولْده

وَلكِنهُ بِرٌ عَصَتهُ يَدُ الضُّر

And O most generous of fathers in dutifulness to his child

But duty that the hand of fate disobeyed

أَأَنْتَ مِنَ الرحْمَنِ أَرْأَفُ وَالِداً

بِمُعْتَاضَةِ السَّراءِ عُنْ أَلَمِ العُمْرِ

Are you kinder than the Merciful as a father

Lamenting the joy of life replaced by the sorrows of age?