1. أَرى عبرات الكَون فاضَ عبابها

    وَمُقلة هَذا الدَهر زادَ انسِكابها

    I see the universe’s tears: their surging flood has overflowed.

    And the outpouring of this age’s eye has increased.

  2. أَلا فابك يا جفن الوُجود لدرة

    رَسَت في الثَرى حَتّى عَلاها تُرابها

    Ah, then weep, O eyelid of existence, for a pearl

    That settled in the earth until her dust covered her.

  3. أَضاءَت عَلى وَجه البَسيطة وَاِنثَنَت

    إِلى جَوفِها إِذ حانَ جَزماً خَرابها

    She shone upon the earth’s face, and turned back

    Into its belly, when her ruin was surely at hand.

  4. مِن النَفر السامين وَالسَلَف الألى

    بِهم طابَت الدُنيا وَراقَ شَرابها

    One of the exalted company and those forebears

    Through whom the world grew sweet and its drink grew clear.

  5. مَناقبها مثل النُجوم وَفَضلها

    بِه شَهدت شيب الوَرى وَشَبابها

    Her virtues are like the stars, and her excellence—

    To it the gray-haired of humankind and its youth bore witness.

  6. وَقَد رَجَعت مرضية لإلهها

    فَأرخ لِرضوان جلي مآبها

    And indeed she has returned, well-pleasing, to her God.

    So record the date: “Her return is to manifest divine favor.”