Her litter is adorned with odd designs,

Shining as brilliant as the morning-star,

And like the rainbow glowing 'midst the clouds,

All hung with silk and figured damask-cloth.

And I, like any child, was in despair,

Mourning Hyzyya. Oh, what pangs I felt

For her whose profile was so pure! She nevermore

Will reappear upon this earth again.

She died the death of martyrs, my sweet love,

My fair'st one, with Koheul-tinted lids!