1. A woman's coquetry does not accompany wisdom,
A woman's coquetry arises from her vanity,
١. ماوِيَّةُ المَرأَةِ لا تَصحَبُ الما
وِيَّةَ المَرأَةَ مِن عُجبِها
2. For she knows that He who created her,
Preferred her beauty behind her veil.
٢. لِعِلمِها أَنَّ الَّذي صاغَها
آثَرَها بِالحُسنِ في حُجبِها
3. Had this world been her abode,
I would not have spoken of her mystifying vanity,
٣. لَو كانَتِ الدُنيا لَها مَنزِلاً
ما قُلتُ عَن مَعرِفَةٍ عُج بِها
4. Walk with us and look at a company of women
Who do not remove their veils from their faces.
٤. سيرَ بِنا فَاِنظُر إِلى رُفقَةٍ
لا تَضَعُ الأَكوارَ عَن نُجبِها