1. إِذا سَلَقَت عِرسُ الفَتى في كَلامِها

    فَما هِيَ إِلّا سِلقَةٌ عارَضَت سِلقا

    When a young man's wife lashes out in her speech,

    she is merely a she-wolf confronting a male wolf.

  2. وَأَحسَنُ أَثوابِ الأَوانِسِ بُردَةٌ

    مِنَ الحُسنِ لا تُنضى لِغَسلٍ وَلا تُلقى

    And the finest of maidens' garments is a mantle

    of beauty, neither removed for washing nor cast aside.

  3. وَيَفعَلُ فِعلاً سَيِّئاً رَبُّ مَنظَرٍ

    جَميلٍ وَيَأتي الخَيرَ مَن لَم يَرُق خَلقا

    And an evil deed may be done by one whose appearance is

    beautiful, while one unpleasing in form does good.

  4. وَما أُمُّ غَيلانٍ مُحَرَّمَةَ الصَلى

    وَلا أُمُّ لَيلى في مَحابِسِها طِلقا

    And Umm Ghaylan is not forbidden to the fire,

    nor is Umm Layla, within her prisons, lawful.