1. خِصاؤُكَ خَيرٌ مِن زَواجِكَ حُرَّةً

    فَكَيفَ إِذا أَصبَحتَ زَوجاً لِمومِسِ

    Your castration is better than marrying a free woman;

    What then, if you become a prostitute's husband?

  2. وَإِنَّ كِتابَ المَهرِ فيما اِلتَمَستَهُ

    نَظيرُ كِتابِ الشاعِرِ المُتَلَمِّسِ

    And indeed, the dower deed for what you have sought

    is like the letter of the poet al-Mutalammis.

  3. فَلا تُشهِدَنَّ فيهِ الشُهودَ وَأَلقِهِ

    إِلَيهِم وَعُد كَالعائِرِ المُتَشَمِّسِ

    So never have witnesses attest it; throw it

    to them, and return like a wild ass basking in the sun.

  4. وَلُبسُكَ ثَوبَ السَقمِ أَحسَنُ مَنظَراً

    وَأَبهَجُ مِن ثَوبِ الغَويِّ المُنَمِّسِ

    And your wearing the garment of sickness is fairer to behold

    and more pleasing than the garment of the wayward deceiver.

  5. وَإِنَّكَ أَن تَستَعمِلَ العَقلَ لا يَزَل

    مَبيتُكَ في لَيلٍ بِعَقلِكَ مُشمِسِ

    And surely, if you employ reason, ever will

    your lodging be in a night sunlit by your reason.