1. يا لحد روزا الذي بالموت أحياها

    باري الوجود وبالفردوس حياها

    O tomb of Rosa, where she was brought to life through death

    by the Maker of existence, who welcomed her into Paradise:

  2. كرِّم مخدرةً ما مسها بشرٌ

    ووردةً ما جناها غير مولاها

    honor a secluded maiden whom no mortal touched,

    and a rose that none but her Lord plucked.

  3. رقيقة الطبع لا تحصى مآثرها

    تُهجى النجوم ولا تُهجى مزاياها

    Gentle in nature, her noble deeds cannot be counted;

    the stars can be counted, but her virtues cannot.

  4. بيضاء كالياسمين الغض ناعمة ال

    أطراف أطيب من ريّاه ريّاها

    White as fresh jasmine, delicate of

    limb; her fragrance is sweeter than its scent.

  5. يكاد تبر الحياء الصرف يحجبها

    إن أسفرت عن لجينٍ في محيّاها

    The pure gold of modesty almost veils her

    if she lifts the veil from the silver in her face.

  6. كأنما الصبح رباها فأرضعها

    حليبه وبقرص الشمس غذّاها

    As though the dawn raised her and suckled her

    with its milk, and fed her with the sun’s disc.

  7. طوع القناعة لا الياقوت يعجبها

    ولا هوى المرح الممقوت يغشاها

    Obedient to contentment, rubies do not delight her,

    nor does a longing for hateful frivolity come over her.

  8. ترى ترى دام ذاك الحسن يكنفها

    دوام قوَّتها في حفظ تقواها

    You see, you see: that beauty kept enfolding her

    as long as her strength in guarding her piety endured.

  9. لهفي على درة منها مكرمةٍ

    حلَّى حلاها بها الباري وباهاها

    Alas for a cherished pearl of hers,

    with which the Maker adorned her ornaments and gloried in her.

  10. لا تخجل الشمس إلّا من محياها

    ولا الكواكب إلا من ثناياها

    The sun is put to shame only by her face,

    and the stars only by her front teeth.

  11. ولا يُشاهد إلا من لواحظها ال

    سحر الحلال ومن فيها إذا فاها

    Nor is there seen, save in her glances, the

    lawful magic—and from her mouth when she speaks.

  12. كنا نباهي بها الأحياءَ وا أسفي

    غابت فصرنا نباهي اليوم موتاها

    We used to boast of her before the living—alas!

    She vanished; now, today, we boast of her before her dead.

  13. وكان روض الصبا يفترُّ مبتهجاً

    بها وغصن الندى يهتز تياها

    And the garden of youth smiled in delight

    at her, and the bough of generosity swayed with pride.

  14. فمذ ثوت كسفت نوريهما فهما

    من بعدها كضريرٍ في الدجى تاها

    But once she lay buried, she eclipsed both their lights, and they,

    after her, were like a blind man lost in the dark.

  15. واحسرتاه عليها كان يعجبها ال

    وشي الرقيق ففيم اللحد وشاها

    Alas for her! She used to delight in the

    delicate brocade; in what, then, has the grave arrayed her?

  16. صار التراب بديلاً من غلائلها

    واللحد بعد قصور المجد مأواها

    Dust has replaced her fine garments,

    and the grave, after palaces of glory, is her dwelling.

  17. لا خيل نعش فتاة الحي تحمله

    أيدي الرجال بديلاً من مطاياها

    No horses—the bier of the quarter’s maiden is carried

    by men’s hands instead of her mounts.

  18. وكل غانيةٍ تبكي وقولتها

    يا ليت إنسان عيني كان مأواها

    And every fair woman weeps, her cry:

    ‘O, would that the pupil of my eye had been her home!’

  19. لهفي عليك أشمس أنت غائبةٌ

    يرجى رجوعك أم شمس عدمناها

    Alas for you! Are you a sun that has set,

    whose return is hoped for, or a sun we have lost?

  20. ما بالنا يا عباد اللَه في كدرٍ

    لو حل أيسره في الشمس واراها

    Why are we, O servants of God, in such distress?

    If the least of it settled upon the sun, it would veil it.

  21. نبكي عليها لضعف في طبيعتنا

    ونحن نعلم أن اللَه عافاها

    We weep for her from a weakness in our nature,

    though we know that God has granted her well-being.

  22. أحبها وتبناها وقرَّبها

    وبالملائكة الأبرار ساواها

    He loved her, adopted her, and drew her near,

    and made her equal to the righteous angels.

  23. واللَه لو نطقت في اللحد غانيةٌ

    من قبل روزا لقالت سبّحوا اللَه

    By God, had a fair woman spoken in the grave

    before Rosa, she would have said, ‘Glorify God!

  24. فقد دعاني لجنات النعيم وبال

    فوز العظيم حباني العز والجاها

    For He called me to the gardens of bliss, and with the

    great triumph bestowed honor and rank upon me.

  25. أراح بالي من الدنيا وعالمها

    ومن همومٍ كثيراتٍ بلاياها

    He freed my mind from the world and its people,

    and from cares with their many afflictions.’

  26. فيا سعادة نفس طاب عنصرها

    وطيب اللَه يا سوسان مثواها

    How blessed the soul whose essence was pure,

    and whose dwelling God made pleasant, O Susan!

  27. وأصبحت رحمة الباري تفيض على

    جنان ورد من الأجداث تغشاها

    And now the Maker’s mercy pours over

    rose gardens arising from the graves, enfolding her.