1. قَد بَكَرَت لا يَعوقُها سَبَل

    كَمُهرَةِ الرَوضِ مِن بَناتِ سَبَل

    She has set out early; no rain hinders her,

    like a meadow filly, one of Sabal’s daughters,

  2. إِلى طَبيبٍ عَلى الطَريقِ لِكَي

    تَأخُذَ مِن عِندِهِ دَواءَ حَبَل

    to a physician along the road, so that

    she may obtain from him a remedy for pregnancy.

  3. كَم قُذِفَت عِرسُ بائِسٍ بِحَصىً

    كُلُّ حَصاةٍ مِنها نَظيرُ جَبَل

    How often has a poor man’s wife been pelted with pebbles,

    each pebble among them the equal of a mountain.