1. أَودى بِبانوكَةَ رَيبُ الزَمان

    مُؤنِسَةِ المَهدِيِّ وَالخَيزُرانِ

    Time's misfortunes have carried off Banuka,

    the solace of al-Mahdi and al-Khayzuran.

  2. لَم تَنطَوِ الأَرضُ عَلى مِثلِها

    مَولودَةً حَنَّ لَها الوالِدانِ

    The earth has never closed over anyone like her,

    a daughter for whom both parents yearned.

  3. بانوكَ يا بِنتَ إِمامِ الهُدى

    أَصبَحتِ مِن زينَةِ أَهلِ الجِنانِ

    Banuka, O daughter of the imam of guidance,

    you have become an adornment of the dwellers of Paradise's gardens.

  4. يَكَت لَكِ الأَرضُ وَسُكّانُها

    في كُلِّ أُفقٍ بَينَ أُنسٍ وَجان

    The earth and its inhabitants wept for you,

    on every horizon, humans and jinn alike.