أياO موتُDeath رفْقاًbe gentle علىwith حسنِهاher beauty
أيا موتُ رفْقاً على حسنِها
فقدْfor indeed بلغَتْhas reached روحُهاher soul الترقوهْthe collarbone
فقدْ بلغَتْ روحُها الترقوهْ
O Death, be gentle with her beauty,
Gentle death, spare her beauty,
for her soul has reached her collarbone.
For her soul has reached the highest.
تركتَyou have left جواهرَjewels عندَwith اللئامِthe ignoble
تركتَ جواهرَ عندَ اللئامِ
وتحسدُand you envy مثليone like me علىfor لولوهْa pearl
وتحسدُ مثلي على لولوهْ
You have left jewels with the ignoble,
You left gems with the vilest,
yet you begrudge one like me a pearl.
And one like me envies her pearl.