1. حب الكنانة عن فَروق ثناكِ

    أم حب ربك للنعيم دعاكِ

    Was it love of al-Kinana that turned you away from Faruq,

    or love of your Lord that called you to bliss?

  2. يا زهرة الحسن التي جف الصبا

    لفراقها وذوى الجمالُ الزاكي

    O flower of beauty, for whom youth has withered

    at her departure, and flourishing beauty has faded.

  3. ما كنت أحسب قبل لحدك أن في ال

    أجدث تغرب أنجم الأفلاكِ

    Before your burial, I never thought that in the

    tombs the stars of the celestial spheres could set.

  4. لك يا شفيقة في السماء منازل

    قد فتحت أبوابها للقاكِ

    For you, O Shafiqa, there are dwellings in heaven,

    whose doors have already been opened to welcome you,

  5. وشفيعة بكرٌ ووالدة معاً

    تعنو لها الأبكار تحت لواكِ

    and an intercessor, at once virgin and mother,

    before whom virgins bow beneath your banner.

  6. تغنيك عن أمٍّ تنوح ووالدٍ

    شاكٍ يسوح وأمّةٍ تهواكِ

    She suffices for you in place of a wailing mother and a father

    lamenting as he wanders, and a nation that loves you.

  7. فتخدَّري أحضانها وتديَّري

    دار النعيم وسبّحي مولاكِ

    So retire into her embrace, and make your home

    in the abode of bliss, and glorify your Lord.

  8. وتشفّعي بي يا شفيقة عنده

    فاللَه بالأبرار قد ساواكِ

    And intercede for me, O Shafiqa, with Him,

    for God has indeed made you equal to the righteous.