1. Aadilah writes her diary daily
Critically judging in her right mind

2. She mentions whatever comes across her mind
In chosen and loaded words

3. She describes people out of experience
Until she sees them as vivid images

4. She depicts witnessed states
As if she's the carrying painter

5. In concise, solid, clear sentences
We swiftly send them out

6. What pleased me most about her critique
Was her saying about an ignorant, thick girl

7. So-and-so is pretty but in her youth
She's a withering, languishing bud

8. If she speaks, she makes an effort
If she moves, she's heavy

9. Like a rose that was overwatered
So it grew up watery and withering

10. And her saying about an old man
Who busies fond hearts with occupation

11. The face of eighty and the hair of youth
Isn't gray hair the jewel of perfect souls?

12. He never married, which is the way of a fool
Who ignorantly takes women for granted

13. So he wasted his life in extravagance
And got nothing but the lowest demise

14. And he never knew that the happiness of passion
For a virtuous man is a virtuous wife

15. And her subtle reflection
As if speaking of herself

16. So-and-so is pretty, so they claim
Cultured, friendly, and sensible

17. But she has no wealth
So those jewels are false

18. The youths crowd at her door
And the caravan follows the caravan

19. As if she's a statue in a museum
That people continuously visit just to see