1. She stood before her mirror, gazing
Oblivious of those who blame and rebuke her

2. Before her all that one needs
To depict the shadows of people and act them out

3. Bits of finery to adorn every charming thing
As her overcooked friend continues to char

4. She is jealous when it is said “that one is pretty”
A pleasure for lovers to whisper sweet nothings about

5. She blushes with anger, then flushes with jealousy
As if stricken with a recurring fever

6. She harbors resentment towards the speaker, if only he knew
That poor soul could scarcely jest

7. She vents her spite unintentionally
And the spite of coquettes is stubborn and endless

8. If she found the days complacent just once
She would scarcely refrain from her wiles

9. A girl, a peacock indeed, her train
Was none other than her cascading hair

10. She sought to monopolize all beauty within her
And how many beauties seek what cannot be had

11. Oblivious that beauty is not lasting
That it is but a flower, soon to wilt

12. That the wise disdain to behold
A prisoner of paint which will soon fade

13. He who admires an artificial white complexion
Is a fool swept away

14. If a beautiful face is called a virtue
Then the beauty of the soul is far nobler

15. Yet she adheres to the names of coquetry
And all coquettes act like Asma

16. If she feared men’s wrath and expected
The spite of coquettes, she would scarcely dress up

17. She took the mirror for a guide
When puzzled by some matter or complication

18. No command is too difficult, but
Weak resolve makes the easy seem complex

19. She hides her secret from reasonable men
Yet exposes it to those unable to reason

20. If her image kept her shadow
You would behold what you were oblivious to

21. And what enhanced her flirtatiousness
Was that it is most beloved by the youth of today

22. They are sick with it, so that they resemble effigies
Lacking only kohl around their eyes

23. The youth of today cites her coquetry
As evidence with which women dispute us and prevail

24. If a beauty is shamed and then spurned
She turns away saying: you are all contemptible