1. Show us, O vast one,
Whether you are disobedient or compliant,

2. For people have denied what you have reaped,
So will you return to the like of it?

3. News of her came to me,
Rumors like those plentiful rumors of yours,

4. And I said to Wahb without any shame,
No word of mine went wasted,

5. Wahb, why did you cry out bitterly,
Perhaps you left her hungry,

6. She came complaining of an oppressor,
To a fair judge with a listening ear,

7. Did she stipulate him and then fear
That he might think her easy,

8. So she showed him passionate love,
And showed him piercing coyness.