1. ما أَحسَنَ الغَيرةَ في حينها

    وَأَقبَحَ الغيرة في كُلِّ حين

    How fine jealousy is at its proper time,

    and how ugly jealousy is at every moment!

  2. من لم يَزَل متَّهِما عرسَه

    مناصباً فيها لريب الظُنون

    Whoever never ceases to suspect his wife,

    at war over her with unsettling suspicions,

  3. أَوشك أَن يُغريَها بِالَّذي

    يَخاف أَن يُبرِزُها لِلعُيون

    is likely to tempt her into the very thing

    he fears will expose her to others’ eyes.

  4. حَسبُك من تحصينها وَضعُها

    منك إِلى عِرض صَحيح وَدين

    To guard her chastity, you need only entrust her

    to your own unsullied honor and faith.

  5. لا تَطَّلِع منك عَلى ريبة

    فَيتبعَ المَقرونُ حبلَ القَرين

    Let her find no cause for suspicion in you,

    lest the yoked one follow its companion’s rope.