Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Death of Nedham Almolk, by Shebal Addaulet

Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881], at sacred-texts.com

THY virtues, famed through every land,
Thy spotless life in age and youth,
Prove thee a pearl, * by Nature's hand
Formed out of purity and truth.

Too long its beams of orient light
Upon a thankless world were shed:
Allah has now revenged the slight,
And called it to its native bed.

142:* Nedham, in Arabic, signifies a string of pearls.