يا وردة التركِ إني وردةُ العَرَبِ

فبيننا قد وجدنا أَقرَبَ النَّسَبِ

O Rose of the Turks, truly I am the Rose of the Arabs;

between us, then, we have found the closest kinship.

أعطاكِ والدكِ الفنِّ الذي اشتهرت

الطافهُ بين أهل العلم والأَدَبِ

Your father bestowed upon you that art whose graces became renowned

among the people of learning and letters.

فكنتِ بين نساءِ العصر راقيةً

أعلى المنازل ف يالأقدار والرُّتَبِ

Thus, among the women of the age, you rose

to the highest stations in standing and rank.

يا من جلت دُرَّ لفظٍ جآءَ يخبرنا

عن لطف خُلقٍ أتى في الناس بالعجبِ

O you who revealed a pearl of speech that came to tell us

of a gracious nature that has become a wonder among people.

أنتِ التي شَغَفَت قلب المحبّ بها

على السماع فكانت عنهُ لم تَغِبِ

You are she who, merely on hearing of her, enthralled the lover’s heart,

and from his heart she never departed.

كريمةٌ شَنَّفَت أخبارها أُذُني

لكن توارت عن الأبصار في الحُجُبِ

Noble lady—reports of her adorned my ear like earrings,

though she remained veiled from sight behind curtains.

قد شرَّفَت قدر هذا الفنّ بارزةً

بحسن لطفٍ ورأيٍ غير مضطربِ

Coming to the fore, you have ennobled the standing of this art

with gracious charm and judgment free of wavering.

تزيّنُ الطرس في خطٍّ تنمقهُ

فينجلي مثل عقد اللؤلؤِ الرَّطِبِ

You adorn the page with script you embellish,

and it shines forth like a necklace of lustrous pearls.