1. يَا تِرْبَ عَصْرِكِ بِيتِي

    فِي رَحْمَةِ المُتَعَالِي

    O peer of your era, rest

    In the mercy of the Most High.

  2. حَيِيتِ خَيْرَ حَيَاةٍ

    وَأُلْتِ خَيْرَ مَآلِ

    You lived the finest life

    And reached the finest end.

  3. بِضْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ مَرَّتْ

    مِنَ السِّنِينِ الطِّوَالِ

    Ninety-odd have passed

    Of the long years,

  4. بِمَا أَمَرَّتْ وَأَحَلَتْ

    أَيَّامُهَا وَاللَّيَالِي

    With all the bitterness and sweetness

    Their days and nights brought.

  5. قَضَيْتِهَا فِي وَقَارٍ

    وَبِنْتِ فِي إِجْلاَلِ

    You spent them in dignity

    And departed in honor.

  6. يَبْكِيكِ نَسْلٌ كَثِيرٌ

    أَنْجَبْتِهِ لِلْمَعَالِي

    Many descendants weep for you,

    Whom you bore for greatness:

  7. بَيْنَ الكُهُولِ وَبَيْنَ

    الشَّبَابِ وَالأَطْفَالِ

    Among the middle-aged and among

    The young and the children,

  8. أَهِلَّةٌ وَبُدُورٌ

    مِنْ فِتْيَةٍ وَرِجَالِ

    Crescent moons and full moons

    Among youths and men,

  9. وَأَنْجُمٌ وَشُمُوسٌ

    مِنْ عِفَّةٍ وَجَمَالِ

    And stars and suns

    Of chastity and beauty.

  10. تَفَاتَوا طَبَقَاتٍ

    فِي السِّنِّ لاَ فِي الْكَمَالِ

    They differed in degree

    In age, not in perfection.

  11. قَدْ كُنْتِ أُمَّاً وَزَوْجاً

    فِي النَّاسِ خَيْرَ مِثَالِ

    You were indeed a mother and a wife,

    The finest example among people.

  12. وَمَا عَرِفْتِ بِغَيْرِ

    التَّقْوَى وَحُسْنِ الخِلاَلِ

    And you were known for nothing but

    Piety and goodness of character.

  13. لَمْ يَنْقَطِعْ لَكِ جُهْدٌ

    فِي صَالِحِ الأعْمَالِ

    Your endeavor never ceased

    In good works.

  14. فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ تُجِدِّينَ

    آيَةً مِنْ نَوَالِ

    Each day you renewed

    A sign of generosity:

  15. آناً بِبِيضِ أَيَادٍ

    تُسْدَى وَآناً بِمَال

    At times with white-handed favors

    Bestowed, and at times with money,

  16. وَإِبْرَةٍ لَكِ فِيهَا

    آيَاتُ سِحْرٍ حَلاَلِ

    And with a needle, in which you worked

    Wonders of lawful magic.

  17. صَرَّفْتِهَا فِي ضُرُوبٍ

    مِنْ بِرَّكِ المُتَوَالي

    You employed it in various forms

    Of your unceasing kindness.

  18. كَمْ حُكْتِ سِتْراً وَدِفْئاً

    لِنِسْوَةٍ وَعِيَالِ

    How often you wove covering and warmth

    For women and dependents!

  19. وَصُغْتِ فِي سَعَةِ

    الْوَقْتِ زِينةً لِلآْلِ

    And fashioned, in your spare

    Time, adornments for the family.

  20. لَقَدْ أَصْبتُ نَصِيباً

    مِنْ ذَلِكَ الإِفْضَالِ

    I indeed received a share

    Of that generosity:

  21. ثَوْبٌ كَأَنَّكِ فِيهِ

    نَسَجْتِ لَمْحَ الَّلآلِي

    A garment in which you seemed

    To have woven the gleam of pearls.

  22. أَعَادَ لِي مِنْ فَوَاتٍ

    نَضَارَتِي وَاخْتِيَالِي

    It restored to me, after their loss,

    My bloom and my proud bearing.

  23. تَاللهِ إِنْ أَنْسَ لاَ أَنْسَ

    طِيبَ تِلْكَ الفِعَالِ

    By God, if I forget, I shall not forget

    The goodness of those deeds,

  24. وَلاَ أَحَادِيثَ أَوْعَتْ

    مَحَاسِنَ الأَقْوَالِ

    Nor the conversations that held

    The finest of sayings.

  25. يَجْرِي بِهَا لَفْظُكِ

    العَذْبُ شَافِياً كَالزُّلاَلِ

    Your speech flows with them,

    Sweet and healing as pure water.

  26. فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ لَهَا مَوْ

    قِعٌ وَفِي كُلِّ حَالِ

    At every time they had their

    Place, and in every circumstance.

  27. زَانتْ بَدِيعَ حُلاَهَا

    مَضَارِبُ الأَمْثَالِ

    Their exquisite finery was adorned

    By illustrations drawn from proverbs,

  28. وَرَائِعَاتُ الأقَاصِيصِ

    عَنْ عُصُورٍ خَوَالِ

    And marvelous tales

    Of bygone ages,

  29. مِمَّا الحَقِيقَةُ فِيهِ

    تُزْهَى بِثَوبِ خَيَالِ

    Of the kind in which truth

    Is decked in a robe of imagination.

  30. أَلْيَوْمَ أَخْطَرَهَا

    البَيْنُ كُلَّهَا فِي بَالِي

    Today they were brought

    By parting, all of them, to my mind,

  31. وَسَلْسَلَتْهَا دُمُوعي

    عَلَى ثَرَاكِ الغَالِي

    And my tears strung them together

    Upon your precious dust.