1. By Allah, I know not, and every misfortune
By what plots of women I am nearly undone.
١. فَوَاللَهِ ما أَدري وَكُلٌّ مُصيبَةٌ
بِأَيِّ مَكيداتِ النِساءِ أُكادُ
2. Vain promises, as though their cords
Were live coals whose heat is never gone.
٢. غُرورُ مَواعيدٍ كَأَنَّ جَداءَها
جَدى بارِقاتٍ مُزنُهُنَّ جَمادُ