1. By your life, your glance in battle
Did not save you from death, but fate who saves.
١. لَعَمرُكَ ما أَنجاكَ طِرفُكَ في الوَغى
مِنَ المَوتِ لَكِنَّ القَضاءَ الَّذي يُنَجّي
2. So do not be submissive to women, and if you are weary
Of them, then do not permit a submissive man, nor pale woman
٢. فَلا تَكُ زيراً لِلنِساءِ وَإِن تَمِل
لَهُنَّ فَلا تَأذَن لِزيرٍ وَلا صَنجِ
3. The daughter of a white man,
Nor go near the red woman the child of the black man.
٣. وَلا تَدنُ لِلصَهباءِ بِنتاً لِأَبيَضٍ
وَلا تَقرَبِ الحَمراءَ مِن وَلَدِ الزَنجِ