1. When I saw the fruits and nuts
Overflowing every home

2. Raisins and sugar being thrown
From lofty houses all around

3. They brought entertainers, leaving
No drum or flute player absent

4. I asked, why do they say it's a miracle-
That Muhammad married 'Ammarah!

5. May God not bless through her his house
Nor let him see his vengeance sated

6. What did she see in him, what did she hope for
She, chosen among all women?

7. Black as tar, forgotten by
The bread oven - though he's a baker

8. He feeds his five children
Bread as insubstantial as feathers

9. His family, fearing him, eat sparingly
Else receive his blows

10. He brags "Obey me, girl! Your sister,
I am she who got away!"

11. "Awake at night, then sneak out!
You're clever enough for that!"

12. Nailah climbed a ladder
Fearing a mouse might climb after

13. Happy in her error - she could not succeed!
That smooth-talking trickster

14. Had you tasted her spittle
Her breath's bewitching charm!