وجاريةٍ حل لي وطؤها

وجاريةٍ حل لي وطؤها

ولم يك في ذاك ما يمنع

ولم يك في ذاك ما يمنع

And a slave girl whom I could lawfully mount,

A maid is lawful for me, so I took her

And there was nothing in that to forbid it;

None could prevent me from that

ويا عجباً ما أتت ريبةً

ويا عجباً ما أتت ريبةً

وألزمها أنها تقلعُ

وألزمها أنها تقلعُ

And, how strange—she had done no wrong,

How strange she felt uneasy

Yet I required her to set sail.

And I made her desist