1. لَما أَحاط بِجانفزا

    جَيش الرَدى وَلَها غَزا

    When Janfaza was surrounded

    By the army of death, which waged war against her,

  2. وَسَطا عَلَيها بَغتة

    وَنَضا الصَوارم وَاِعتَزى

    And fell upon her suddenly,

    And drew its keen swords and boasted,

  3. وَأَطاب نَحر طَبيبها

    مِن قَبل أَن يَتجهَّزا

    And relished the slaughter of her physician,

    Before he could make ready,

  4. وَأَذاقَها كَأس الحما

    م وَأَمرها قَد أَنجَزا

    And made her taste the cup of death,

    And brought her affair to its end,

  5. كُسفت لَها شَمسُ الضُحى

    وَالبَدر بِالخسف ارتَزا

    For her, the morning sun was eclipsed,

    And the full moon was held fast in eclipse;

  6. وَبَكى العَفاف لفقدها

    وَشَكا وَقَد عيل العَزا

    And chastity wept at losing her

    And lamented, its patience exhausted.

  7. وَالحُور قَد قالَت لَها

    بُشراك في دار الجَزا

    And the houris said to her:

    “Glad tidings to you in the abode of recompense!”

  8. وَلَها هنالك أَرّخت

    بِالخُلد زينة جانفزا

    And there, for her, I inscribed a chronogram:

    “In Paradise, Janfaza is an adornment.”