أنات وذكرانها صنوها

أنات وذكرانها صنوها

ونجلُهما منهما أكرمُ

ونجلُهما منهما أكرمُ

Females—and their males are their counterparts.

Her soft moans and his passion created him,

And their offspring is nobler than either.

And their son from them is the most noble.

تموت الذكورة في جوفها

تموت الذكورة في جوفها

فتعقب نسلاً ولا تعقمُ

فتعقب نسلاً ولا تعقمُ

Maleness dies within her,

The male dies inside her,

so she bears offspring and is not barren.

Yet she bears progeny and does not become barren.

ومن غلظ في طباع الإناث

ومن غلظ في طباع الإناث

تلقن دهراً ولا تفهمُ

تلقن دهراً ولا تفهمُ

And owing to coarseness in the females’ natures,

And she who is harsh in the nature of females,

they are taught for an age, yet do not understand.

Spends a lifetime and does not understand.

ومن صبرها في قتال السعير

ومن صبرها في قتال السعير

تثبت فيها ولا تهرمُ

تثبت فيها ولا تهرمُ

And owing to her endurance in battling the blaze,

And she who is patient through the burning ordeal,

she stands firm within it and does not grow old.

Remains steadfast and does not decay.

وبالضد في الحالتين الذكور

وبالضد في الحالتين الذكور

ذكاء وحباً كما يعلمُ

ذكاء وحباً كما يعلمُ

And the males are the opposite in both respects:

Contrariwise the males in both conditions

intelligence and love, as is known.

Are intelligent and loving, as is known.

ونجلهما منهما عالم

ونجلهما منهما عالم

جريء على خصمه مقدم

جريء على خصمه مقدم

And their offspring, sprung from both, is learned,

And their son from them is a scholar,

bold against its opponent, pressing forward.

Bold against his opponent when meeting him.

ذكاء الذكور وصبر الإناث

ذكاء الذكور وصبر الإناث

وعند اللقاء فلا تحجمُ

وعند اللقاء فلا تحجمُ

The intelligence of males and the endurance of females—

The intelligence of the males and the patience of the females,

and at the encounter it does not draw back.

And when meeting they do not hesitate.

وبالنار تحيا وفيها تموت

وبالنار تحيا وفيها تموت

وتبرأ فيها كما تسقم

وتبرأ فيها كما تسقم

And by fire it lives, and in it dies;

And with fire she comes alive and in it she dies,

and in it, it recovers just as it falls ill.

And in it she heals just as she becomes sick.

فأصباغه ولدت في الجحيم

فأصباغه ولدت في الجحيم

فهي على حرها تسلمُ

فهي على حرها تسلمُ

For its pigments were born in Hell,

So his innate dispositions were born in hell,

so they remain unharmed despite its heat.

Yet she is at peace with its burning.