سَكَنَتْ فسيحاً في الجنان ظليلا

سَكَنَتْ فسيحاً في الجنان ظليلا

وقطوفها قد ذُلِّلَتْ تذليلا

وقطوفها قد ذُلِّلَتْ تذليلا

She has settled in a spacious, shaded abode in Paradise,

She settled comfortably in the gardens, shaded

And its fruit clusters have been brought fully within reach.

And its fruits were made easy to pick

لا تحسبوها في الثّرى ومَقيلها

لا تحسبوها في الثّرى ومَقيلها

تهوى الثريّا أن تكون مقيلا

تهوى الثريّا أن تكون مقيلا

Do not think her in the dust; as for her resting place,

Do not think it is in the soil and its bedtime

The Pleiades long to be her resting place.

Thurya wishes it to be a bed

بنتُ الهُمَامِ عليٍّ الملكِ الّذي

بنتُ الهُمَامِ عليٍّ الملكِ الّذي

لم يتّخِذْ غَيْرَ الصّلاح خليلا

لم يتّخِذْ غَيْرَ الصّلاح خليلا

Daughter of the magnanimous King Ali, who

The daughter of the protector Ali, the king who

Took none but righteousness as a close companion;

Did not take other than righteousness as a friend

وحليلةُ الباشا الهمام أبي الثّنا

وحليلةُ الباشا الهمام أبي الثّنا

وكفى بمحمودِ الخليل حليلا

وكفى بمحمودِ الخليل حليلا

And wife of the magnanimous Pasha, Abu al-Thana—

And the wife of Pasha Al-Hamam Abi Al-Thana

And Mahmud, the dear companion, was husband enough.

And Mahmoud Al-Khalil is enough as a wife

أمُّ الملوك وأختُهُم يا مَنْ رأى

أمُّ الملوك وأختُهُم يا مَنْ رأى

حَسَباً لذا الحَسَبِ العريقِ مثيلا

حَسَباً لذا الحَسَبِ العريقِ مثيلا

Mother of kings and their sister—who has ever seen

Mother of kings and their sister, O you who saw

A lineage to match this deep-rooted nobility?

Lineage sufficient for this ancient lineage the like

شرفٌ لَوَ أنَّ الشّمسَ تملِك بعضَه

شرفٌ لَوَ أنَّ الشّمسَ تملِك بعضَه

لم تتّخِذ نحو الغروب سبيلا

لم تتّخِذ نحو الغروب سبيلا

Such honor that, had the sun possessed a share of it,

An honor, if the sun owned some of it

It would never have taken the road toward sunset.

It would not have taken a path towards sunset

أَلَهَا كامِنَةٍ يدٌ مبسوطة

أَلَهَا كامِنَةٍ يدٌ مبسوطة

عَطْفاً على الفقراء أو تقبيلا

عَطْفاً على الفقراء أو تقبيلا

Does the sun, like Amina, have an outstretched hand,

Does she have a outstretched hand

In compassion for the poor, or for others to kiss?

To help the poor or kiss

طالت خطاها والخطى مقصورة

طالت خطاها والخطى مقصورة

فيما يكون به الكمال طويلا

فيما يكون به الكمال طويلا

Her strides reached far, while other strides fell short,

Her steps were long and the steps were limited

In all that makes perfection stand tall.

In what would be long perfection

نَسَجتْ على النّوْل القديم طرازَها

نَسَجتْ على النّوْل القديم طرازَها

وَرَأَتْ سَدَى ذاك الهدى تبديلا

وَرَأَتْ سَدَى ذاك الهدى تبديلا

She wove her pattern on the ancient loom,

She wove on the old textile its design

And deemed changing that guidance futile.

And saw the obsolescence of that guidance changed

وتمسّكت بِعُرَى الدّيانة كفُّها

وتمسّكت بِعُرَى الدّيانة كفُّها

وتبتَّلتْ لمعادها تبتيلا

وتبتَّلتْ لمعادها تبتيلا

And her hand held fast to the bonds of faith,

And her palm clung to the bonds of religion

And she devoted herself wholly to her final return.

And she was tested for her return tried

ثمّ انقضت والفيضُ يعبق نشرُه

ثمّ انقضت والفيضُ يعبق نشرُه

عبقا على حُسْنِ المآب دليلا

عبقا على حُسْنِ المآب دليلا

Then she passed away, while bounty's fragrance wafted,

Then it passed, and the overflowing abundance of its diffusion

A fragrance attesting to the beauty of her final abode.

An abundance on the beauty of destiny evidence

ومضت إلى الفرْدَوْس في تاريخها

ومضت إلى الفرْدَوْس في تاريخها

يا حبّذا جودٌ حَوَتْهُ جميلاً

يا حبّذا جودٌ حَوَتْهُ جميلاً

And she went to Paradise; her chronogram reads:

And she went to Paradise in her date

Oh, how fine the beautiful bounty she embraced!

How good is generosity that included beautiful