1. لو أَنَّ لي أختاً فأنكَحْتُها

    بني قضاة الأرضِ ما تهْتُ

    If I had a sister and gave her in marriage

    to the sons of the world's judges, I would not boast;

  2. لأنني إن تُهْتُ في جيرتي

    بنائِكٍ أخْتيَ سُفِّهْتُ

    for if I boasted among my neighbors

    of a man fucking my sister, I would be deemed a fool.

  3. يا مَنْ تحدَّاني بتقصيره

    شُبِّهْتُ في عينيك شُبِّهْتُ

    O you who challenged me through your neglect,

    I was misjudged in your eyes—misjudged!

  4. لَهْفي على شُكْرِيك فيما مضَى

    طَوْعاً كأني كنتُ أُكْرهتُ

    Alas for my thanking you in days gone by,

    willingly—as though I had been forced!

  5. لو كنتُ نُبهتُ لمَا قُلْتُه

    لكنني ما كنت نُبِّهتُ

    Had I been warned, I would not have said it;

    but I had not been warned.