1. وصَحائحٍ مَرضى العُيونِ شَحائحٍ

    بِيضِ الوجُوهِ نَواعمِ الأَبْشارِ

    And women hale in body, sick of eye and withholding,

    Fair of face and soft of skin,

  2. أَضْنَينَني بِلواحِظٍ تَشكو الضَّنَى

    وَكَسَوْنَني ما هُنَّ مِنْهُ عَوارِي

    Have worn me down with glances that complain of wasting sickness,

    And clothed me in what they themselves are free of:

  3. بِجَوىً حَوَتْهُ مُهْجَتي عَنْ مُقْلَتي

    والجارُ قَدْ يَشْقَى بِذَنبِ الجارِ

    With burning grief my heart received from my eye;

    And a neighbor may suffer for a neighbor's sin.