1. أهدت لنا نفحاتِ الوردِ في الكَلِمِ

    كريمةٌ من بناتِ الجودِ والكرمِ

    She bestowed on us wafts of rose fragrance in words—

    a noble woman, one of the daughters of bounty and generosity.

  2. فريدةٌ قد سمت في الناسِ واشتهرت

    الطافها بين عُربِ الأرض والعَجَمِ

    Peerless, she has risen high among people, and renowned are

    her kindnesses among the earth’s Arabs and non-Arabs.

  3. فاقت على سائر الأمثالِ قاطبةً

    بالنظمِوالنثرِ والآدابِ والشيمِ

    She surpassed all her peers without exception,

    in verse and prose, refinement and character.

  4. صاغت لنا من نفيسِ الشعرِ أَحسنهُ

    نظماً واجوَدَهُ في المدح والحِكَمِ

    She fashioned for us, from precious poetry, its finest

    verse, and its best in praise and wise sayings.

  5. أبدت لنا السِحرَ في نظمِ البيان وقد

    زهت وباهت نسآءَ العصرِ بالهممِ

    She revealed magic to us in eloquent verse, and indeed

    she shone and vied with the women of the age in lofty aspirations.

  6. لا زالَ طالعها بالسعد مقترناً

    ما ضآءَ بدر الدُجى في حندسِ الظلم

    May her rising star remain joined to good fortune,

    as long as night’s full moon shines in the deepest darkness.