1. They said so-and-so married a wife
Of a rank to which none before her aspired
١. قالوا فلان قدر في بزوجة
لرتبة لم يك قبلها حرى
2. The wife replied, when this was made known,
Had he no merit, no such match he'd acquired
٢. فقالت الزوجة لما أن علا
لولا حرى ما كان ذابه جرى