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If she goes to the soothsayer, then know

إذا ابتكرت إلى العراف فاعرف

1. If she goes to the soothsayer, then know
The place of the stick with which she knocks her villages

١. إِذا اِبتَكَرَت إِلى العَرّافِ فَاِعرِف
مَكانَ عَصا تَصِكُّ بِها قَراها

2. And her bracelets when she shows a bracelet
And her Creator when she uncovers her innocence

٢. وَساوِرها إِذا أَبدَت سِواراً
وَبارِئها مَتّى كَشَفَت بُراها

3. And warn her of the astrologer, for he is a wolf
Whose greed makes him want to see her

٣. وَحَذِّرها المُنَجِّمَ فَهوَ ذِئبٌ
تُشَوِّقُهُ الضَوائِنُ أَن يَراها

4. So if she does not answer him to vileness
Her benefits will trick her and monitor her

٤. فَإِن هِيَ لَم تُجِبهُ إِلى قَبيحٍ
تَحَلَّبُها المَنافِعَ وَاِمتَراها

5. He tells her embellished metaphors
That the ancients have seen or fabricated

٥. يَقولُ لَها زَخارِفَ مُعرِباتٍ
فَراها الأَوَّلونَ أَوِ اِفتَراها

6. And time may turn away from her eyelids
When it settles in a leg she dislikes

٦. وَقَد يَجفو الكَرى مِنها جُفوناً
إِذا ما حَلَّ في ساقٍ كَراها