1. O mother of boys, you have robbed me of my dreams
And killed me, so bear my sin

2. And left me calling the doctor when
Your doctor has no knowledge of the disease

3. For God's sake, O mother of boys, don't you
Fear the consequences of sin?

4. God bless you for your cousin when
You have burdened him with sickness upon sickness

5. And left him walking when he has
No mind to live sensibly with caution

6. She is a heavenly Jinni, above and below
With a waist wrapped in flesh

7. And on her face the water of youth, but she
Would not accept a damned or ignorant man

8. She did not know the scent of beauty, nor
Did she shine with the first light of infatuation