1. A chaste people have veiled her, so her screen is her veil,
She whose chosen tent is so frail, her mat is her screen.
١. عفت نوبةٌ من أهلها فستورها
فذات الّصفيح المنتضى فحَصيرُها
2. When I pass by the tents, lightning flashes announce me,
To the houses her voice is louder than that of the living.
٢. فُبرْقُ مرورى الدانياتُ فصائحٌ
إلى الأُدمى أقوتْ من الحيّ دُورُها