1. كوني الثُرَيّا أَو حَضارِ أَو ال

    جَوزاءَ أَو كَالشَمسِ لا تَلِدُ

    Be the Pleiades, or Ḥaḍār, or al-

    Jawzāʾ—or, like the sun, bear no children.

  2. فَلَتِلكَ أَشرَفُ مِن مُؤَنِّثَةٍ

    نَجَلَت فَضاقَ بِنَسلِها البَلَدُ

    For such a one is nobler than a female

    who gave birth, until the land grew cramped with her offspring.