1. إنَّ الذي أنكحتُمُوهُ زَينَبَا

    والمرءُ فيالمقدورِ لَن يُؤَ نَّبَا

    Indeed, the man you married to Zaynab,

    (and no one will be blamed for what is decreed),

  2. هو الذي دَهرَ المُجونِ والصِّبَا

    إِذ ندتمُوا كُلَّ فَتًى مُهذَّبَا

    is the one who, in the days of wantonness and youth,

    when you [verb unclear in the source] every well-bred young man,

  3. خَلَّى الذناباتِ شَمَالاً كَثَبا

    وأُمَّ أوعالٍ كَهَا أقرَبَا

    left al-Dhunabat nearby to the north,

    and Umm Aw‘al likewise, nearer still.