1. فَيا بَهجَةَ الدُنيا إِذا الشَمسُ أَشرَقَت

    كَما أَشرَقَت فَوقَ البَرِيَّةِ زَينَبُ

    Ah, the world's splendor when the sun shines forth,

    as Zaynab shone above humankind!

  2. يُفَضَّضُ مِنها الجَوُّ عِندَ طُلوعِها

    وَلَكِنَّ وَجهَ الأَرضِ فيها مُذَهَّبُ

    The air is silvered by it at its rising,

    yet the face of the earth is gilded in its light.

  3. وَتَحسَبُ عَينَ الشَمسِ إِذ هِيَ رَنَّقَت

    عَلى الأُفُقِ الغَربِيِّ تِبراً يُذَوَّبُ

    And you would take the sun's orb, as it hangs low

    on the western horizon, for raw gold being melted.