1. إِذا أَصبَحتُ بَينَ جِبالِ قَوٍّ

    وَبيضانِ القُرى لَم تَحذَريني

    When I wake among the mountains of Qaww

    And Bayḍān al-Qurā, you have no fear of me.

  2. فَإِمّا أَن تَوَدّينا فَنَرعى

    أَمانَتَكُم وَإِمّا أَن تَخوني

    Either you love us, and we shall honor

    Your trust, or you betray us.

  3. سَأُخلِي لِلظَّعينَةِ ما أَرادَت

    وَلَستُ بِحارِسٍ لَكِ كُلَّ حينِ

    I shall let the woman in her litter do as she wishes,

    And I am not your guard at every moment.

  4. إِذا ما جِئتِ ما أَنهاكِ عَنهُ

    وَلَم أُنكِر عَلَيكِ فَطَلِّقيني

    If ever you do what I forbid you to do

    And I do not rebuke you, then divorce me.

  5. فَأَنتِ البَعلُ يَومَئِذٍ فَقومي

    بِسَوطِكِ لا أَبا لَكِ فَاِضرِبيني

    Then you are the husband that day, so rise

    With your whip—may you have no father!—and strike me.