1. Do not blame fate for its deeds
Fate has nothing but lessons

2. Examine your own deeds, so you may see
Their ill omens are clear to the sight

3. Whenever a reformer thought of you
He bows his head with some thought

4. Many sincere advisors cast your morals
So you recoiled from them, throwing rocks

5. But troubles increase when
Our gaze roams freely in our leisure

6. As we will see them, as the causes of danger
In a life of pleasures

7. Ibrahim loved Zainab one day
Zainab and Al-Hassan, Zainab embraced him

8. Seeing in him a beauty touched by
Love's arrow in a weak heart

9. Each felt the pulse of the one
Whose love set their hearts ablaze

10. They freed themselves when they wrote
A document whose words aren't written

11. And each walked away but left
A tearful eye and a bleeding heart

12. Thinking today is for meeting
While meeting is so far

13. Ibrahim ran delighted
To the girl's house to meet her father

14. Seeking her hand out of passion
Looking for a dark shaped answer

15. Seeking help from He who knows
If he wishes, he'll find guidance

16. Weighing his dignity, counting on
The strongest advocate as support

17. Looking at his beauty in the mirror
Still a graceful young man

18. Dancing happily at the wedding
Having found a joyous stable life

19. As soon as her father heard him mention her
He frowned to erase the smile

20. Refusing his request haughtily
Destroying the poor boy's dreams

21. Reading in him and her that he
Is unfit, resentful and heavy

22. Cursing his audacity in asking
Anger and rejection clear on his face

23. Showing astonishment and arrogance
Taking pleasure in crushing him

24. Turning a blind eye on what he had
Hidden in the nights, obliviously

25. The father entered the house with
Clear signs of deceit on his face

26. Announcing to his daughter what irritated him
Considering her an inanimate thing

27. He would not accept him for her, for he
Is penniless, leading her to ruin

28. Ahmed had asked for her before
Offering generous bride wealth

29. And he had given her to him, for
The singing girl seeks the likes of him

30. He does not care if she accepts the actions of
One who sold her or if she were not content

31. Zainab heard her father's words
Considering her an inanimate thing

32. She cried to defend herself from his blame
And he saw stubbornness in her tears

33. I will not accept but Ibrahim for me
Her words were perfectly right

34. Do not stop me from choosing my husband
I am not an inanimate thing

35. He is my other half, none but
My other half can choose, such is wisdom

36. A cotton dress and happiness with him
Is better than mourning clothes of silk

37. Her father was swayed by her
Words of wisdom and righteousness

38. And resolved to torture her
With vengeful, punishing spirit

39. They do not hear in the house but
Voices of crying and lamenting

40. Her heart is vast, and it hides
Her love for Ibrahim, perfect and full

41. If they say: try to forget him
It only increased the turmoil in her heart

42. If she tried to convince them
They met her argument with abuse

43. They carried her, she who is the epitome of gentleness
What she cannot do

44. Wield the scythe on her flower
Confine her among spring's leaves

45. Justifying their actions, shame
In an age where we are artful

46. I wonder what soul does not see
Disgrace in this horrendous matter

47. What person does not see the dagger in
His heart is more deserving of this vile act

48. It does not need in people
A supporter or intercessor for these principles

49. The sun set, and with it hope
To find the girl in the morning

50. She had gone to her solitude
To put out the burning pain

51. Oh, what a dark night that
Defeated the strong with ease

52. When the morning sun rose
Restoring life to the dunes

53. The girl met it with in her soul
A stab from that struggle

54. She was as usual, but
Bending with the wind's purposes

55. The next day, her Ibrahim
Was over the hill she was buried under

56. Carrying beautiful flowers that contained
Beauty like the bushes contain

57. Crying for the beauty queen who
After him became a worm's bride

58. Cursing our abhorrent traditions
That were our father's way to tread

59. Thus her soul spoke to itself
Contracting and frowning

60. Picking flowers, but does he
Pick them for one in a grave or the sun?