1. The wedding of Ibn Hamza's son has darkened his face,
Though it was bright at gatherings.

2. What can the ugly blind man do when
The glances of the doe-eyed girls converge on him?

3. He was wicked before, a fraud,
But his wicked, fraudulent acts made him forgettable.

4. One day she wanted to destroy the truth with her lies
And mix the pure truth with falsehood.

5. So she set out with purpose on the path,
Swaying to a branch of acacia.

6. A fine day passed her by the riverbank,
A stranger among days, beautiful in character.

7. Her glances give the repentant the magic of Babylon,
And she takes the wine of Babylon from their hands.

8. Until she destroyed the rights of men and ruined
The rights of the neglected women with her lies.

9. She returned with a withered bouquet,
Grasping some petals, not hands.

10. She did not draw near to slit pockets or shed
Tears with the drinking throngs wailing.

11. Had she been truthful, she would not have found desolate,
Sorrow-stricken in the red slippers and anklets.