وحُبلى بأبناء لها قد تمخضوا

وحُبلى بأبناء لها قد تمخضوا

بأحشائها من بعد ما ولدوها

بأحشائها من بعد ما ولدوها

And one pregnant with sons of her own, who have stirred

With child, bearing sons who emerged

Within her womb, after they had begotten her.

From her womb after giving birth to them

كسوها غداة الطلق برداً معصفراً

كسوها غداة الطلق برداً معصفراً

على يققٍ أزرارها عقدوها

على يققٍ أزرارها عقدوها

On the morning of childbirth they clothed her in a safflower-dyed mantle;

They clothed her the morning after divorce in yellowish grey

Over pure white, they fastened her buttons.

Around her slim waist they tied it

ولما رأوها قد تكامل حسنُها

ولما رأوها قد تكامل حسنُها

وأبدرَ منها طالعٌ حسدوها

وأبدرَ منها طالعٌ حسدوها

And when they saw that her beauty had become complete,

And when they saw her beauty had become perfect

And an orb rising from her had waxed full, they envied her.

And a rising star emerged from her, they envied her

فقدَّوا قميص البدر بالبرق واجتلوا

فقدَّوا قميص البدر بالبرق واجتلوا

أهلتها من بعد ما فقدوها

أهلتها من بعد ما فقدوها

So they tore the full moon’s shirt with lightning, and beheld

So they took the moon's shirt with lightning and eclipsed

Her crescents, after they had lost her.

Her family abandoned her after they had lost her

ولو أنصفوا ما أنصفوا بدرتمهّا

ولو أنصفوا ما أنصفوا بدرتمهّا

ولا أعدموا الحسناء إذ وجدوها

ولا أعدموا الحسناء إذ وجدوها

And had they been fair, they would not have halved her moon at its fullness,

And if they were just they would not have clouded her radiance

Nor destroyed the fair one when they found her.

Or deprived the beautiful one when they found her