1. She who has tortured my soul with what she decreed
With every torment, she neither spared nor forsook

2. I jested with her, and she wept copiously
Turning away from me in grief, but when she saw me crying, she laughed

3. So I returned laughing, pleased at her laughter
Until when she saw me laughing, she cried

4. She wants the opposite of me, as she disobeyed her rider
One day a colt, but when he spurred her, she bolted

5. Is it not strange - nay, it increased my wonder
A slave girl who ruled after she was ruled

6. As if she were a pearl I used to hoard
For a day of hardship, but when I threw it, it was lost