1. أَتَت خَنساءُ مَكَّةَ كَالثُرَيّا

    وَخَلَّت في المَواطِنِ فَرقَدَيها

    Khansāʾ came to Mecca like the Pleiades,

    and left her two Farqad stars in their home grounds.

  2. وَلَو صَلَّت بِمَنزِلِها وَصامَت

    لَأَلَفَت ماتُحاوِلُهُ لَدَيها

    And had she prayed at home and fasted,

    she would have found what she seeks close at hand.

  3. وَلَكِن جاءَتِ الجَمَراتِ تَرمي

    وَأَبصارُ الغُواةِ إِلى يَدَيها

    But she came to the Jamarāt to cast stones,

    while the eyes of the wayward were turned toward her hands.

  4. وَلَيسَ مُحَمَّدٌ فيما أَتَتهُ

    وَلا اللَهُ القَديرُ بِمُحمِدَيها

    And neither Muhammad, for what she has done,

    nor God Almighty commends her.

  5. إِذا ما رامَتِ الصَلَواتِ خَودٌ

    يُظَنُّ هُناكَ أَفضَلُ مَلحَدَيها

    When a fair young woman seeks to pray,

    the better of her two graves is thought to be there.