وَلَمّا عَصَيتُ العاذِلينَ وَلَم أُبَل

وَلَمّا عَصَيتُ العاذِلينَ وَلَم أُبَل

مَلامَتُهُم أَلقوا عَلى غارِبي حَبلي

مَلامَتُهُم أَلقوا عَلى غارِبي حَبلي

And when I defied the reproachers and cared not

When I disobeyed the blamers and did not repent,

for their reproach, they cast my rope upon my withers.

They cast their rope on my sinking ship,

وَهازِئَةٍ مِنّي تَوَدُّ لَو اِبنُها

وَهازِئَةٍ مِنّي تَوَدُّ لَو اِبنُها

عَلى شيمَتي أَو أَن قَيّمَها مِثلي

عَلى شيمَتي أَو أَن قَيّمَها مِثلي

And many a woman mocking me wishes that her son

And a scorner of me who wishes that her son

had my character, or that her husband were like me.

Had my morals, or that someone like me had valued her.