1. يا حبَّذا بين العقائل بَرزةٌ

    هيَ في الرجال ذوي العقول الباهره

    Oh, how admirable among noblewomen is a woman who steps forth!

    She, among men endowed with brilliant minds,

  2. عُضوٌ بِمُجتَمَع الحضارة عامِلٌ

    تُجري بِهِ هِمَمَ الرجال القادرة

    is an active member of civilized society;

    through it she sets men's powerful aspirations in motion.

  3. ضاهَت نسآءَ الغرب في الشرق الَّذي

    غلبت بِهِ هِمَمُ انلسآءِ القاصرة

    She has matched the women of the West in the East, where

    women's limited aspirations have held sway,

  4. فكانهنَّ خُلِقنَ للأَزياءِ وال

    إِسراف فهيَ على الحقوق مُثابره

    as though they were created for fashions and

    extravagance; yet she perseveres in pursuing rights.

  5. وَيَقُلنَ كَم أَتهمتمونا بالوَنى

    فتأَمَّلوا الهِمَمَ الجِسامَ الظافره

    And they say, "How often you have accused us of sloth!

    Consider, then, these great, triumphant aspirations!"

  6. وكانهنَّ ضيوفنا لكنَّما

    أَجَل الضيافة ما لَهُ من آخره

    And it is as though they were our guests; yet

    the term of hospitality has no end.

  7. وَالضيف ليس يكون مقترحاً سوى

    أَضيافهنَّ الناهياتِ الآمره

    And no guest makes demands, save

    their guests, who forbid and command.

  8. بشرَّتِ ما باشرتِهِ بنجاحهِ

    كمقدِّماتٍ للنَتيجة خابره

    You heralded success for what you undertook,

    like premises that know the conclusion.

  9. فرجعتِ ناظرةً لمدرسةٍ غدت

    فيها العذارى بالهنا متباشره

    So you returned as headmistress to a school where

    the maidens came to rejoice together in happiness.

  10. لما رأَينَكِ اذ نظرتِ لهنَّ في

    تأريخهنَّ هتفنَ نعمَ الناظره

    When they saw you, as you watched over them, in

    their chronogram they cried, "What an excellent headmistress!"