1. حبَّذا حِليةُ الطِرازِ أتت من

    مِصَرَ تزهو باللؤلؤ المنظومِ

    How lovely is The Adornment of Embroidery, which has come from

    Egypt, resplendent with strung pearls!

  2. حِليةٌ للعقول لا حِليةُ الوشيِ

    وكنزُ المنطوق والمفهومِ

    An adornment for minds, not an ornament of brocade,

    And a treasure of what is spoken and understood.

  3. أنشأَتهُ كريمةٌ من ذوات ال

    مجد والفخر فرعُ أصلٍ كريمِ

    A noble woman composed it, one of those endowed with

    Glory and pride, a branch of a noble root.

  4. شمسُ علمٍ تأتي القصائدُ منها

    سائراتٍ في الأُفق سيرَ النجومِ

    A sun of learning, from whom poems come forth,

    Traveling across the horizon as the stars travel.

  5. كل بيتٍ بكلّ معنىً بديعٍ

    ما على السكر فيهِ من تحريمِ

    Each verse holds every exquisite meaning;

    There is no ban on intoxication within it.

  6. قد أعاد الزمانُ عائشةُ فيها

    فعاشت آثارُ علمٍ قديمِ

    Time has brought Aisha back in her,

    And so the legacy of ancient learning lived again.

  7. هام قلبي على السماع وأمسى

    ذكرُها لذَّتي وفيه نعيمي

    My heart was enraptured upon hearing, and now

    Remembering her is my delight, and in it lies my bliss.

  8. هيَ فخر النسآءِ بل دُرَّةٌ في

    جيد ذا العصر زُيّنَت بالعلومِ

    She is the pride of women—nay, a pearl upon

    This age's neck, adorned with the sciences.

  9. فأدام المولى لها كل عزٍّ

    ما بدا الصبح بعد ليلٍ بهيمٍ

    So may the Lord preserve all her glory,

    As long as dawn appears after a pitch-dark night.