1. Her eyes have little flesh, yet youth and lowered life adorn her.
She wished to rise and pace the aisle, but rising was denied her;
١. قَليلَةُ لَحمِ النَاظرَينَ يَزينُها
شَبابٌ وَمَخفوضٌ مِنَ العَيشِ بارِدُ
2. Childbearing pressed her down. She tends to merry talk, as though
She were a sister to the one whom fate so long has tried.
٢. أَرادَت لِتَنتاشَ الرِواقَ فَلَم تَقُم
إِلَيهِ وَلَكِن طَأطَأَتهُ الوَلائِدُ