1. Why do I see the girls coming and going,
Each with business unlike the rest,

2. Until when they gather around me,
No veil comes between them and me.

3. They are not to be feared if they abandon me,
Nor are their promises to be believed.

4. They join me where there is no watcher
Except Abu Al-Qasim Al-Hussein.

5. A youth whom my eyes followed
Throughout their twists and turns.

6. Ask them, are they heedless of him
Or has the time led them on?