1. عِندِيَ مَملوكَةٌ إِذا حَملَت

    عَلِمتَ حَقّاً بِأَنَّها مُتئِم

    I have a slave-girl: whenever she conceives,

    you know for certain that she is carrying twins.

  2. تُجِنُّ ضِدَّينِ قَطُّ ما اِجتَمَعا

    في ناطِقٍ قَبلَها وَلا أَعجَم

    She harbors two opposites that have never come together

    in any speaking or speechless creature before her.

  3. أَعلَمُ ما تَحتَوي أَضالِعُها

    عَلَيهِ مِن حَملِها وَما تَعلَم

    I know what her ribs enclose

    of what she carries, though she herself does not know.

  4. يَلقَحُها كُلُّ مَن يُباشِرُها

    سِيّانِ عِمرانُ كانَ أَو مَريَم

    Whoever touches her impregnates her,

    be it Imran or Maryam—it is all the same.

  5. وَهيَ مَتى اِستَنتَجَت بَدا ذِكرٌ

    وَأُختُهُ في الحَشا وَما تَسلَم

    And whenever she gives birth, a male appears,

    while his sister remains in the womb and does not survive.