1. Noble is he who repents though he's not blamed,
And time's length made him forget Zainab's name.

2. One of the rabbits said to her rabbit clan,
That we were rabbits though now humans we became.

3. Her father has a towering house,
With eagles or the like of juniper.

4. I knew you fear not separation,
Nor dread the grey beard however it snarls.

5. But you met time's vicissitudes,
And handled them with composure and calm.

6. When a man turns forty years of age,
He's not rebuked if he is mild.

7. If he errs he's pardoned,
Else how many fine swords would go to waste.

8. Fate, I see, has no reason,
Why then blame it if it strays?

9. Why not be gentle to the highborn
When the caravan unbridled its steeds?

10. And you were inclined to unite with them,
Defying the spinsters however they grumble.