تَثاقَلَت أَن كُنتُ اِبنَ عَمٍّ نَكَحتِهِ

تَثاقَلَت أَن كُنتُ اِبنَ عَمٍّ نَكَحتِهِ

فَمِلتِ وَقَد يُشفى ذَوو الرَأيِ بِالعَذلِ

فَمِلتِ وَقَد يُشفى ذَوو الرَأيِ بِالعَذلِ

You grew reluctant because I was a cousin you married,

I grew weary, as if I were a cousin who married her

So you turned away, though reproach may cure those with judgment.

So I'm tired of it, and those of sound opinion may be healed by separation

فَإِنَّكِ إِلّا تَترُكي بَعضَ ما أَرى

فَإِنَّكِ إِلّا تَترُكي بَعضَ ما أَرى

تُنازِعكِ أُخرى كَالقَرينةِ في الحَبلِ

تُنازِعكِ أُخرى كَالقَرينةِ في الحَبلِ

For unless you give up some of what I see,

For unless you give up some of what I see

Another woman will contend with you, like a companion on the same rope.

Another will contend with you, like the companion rope of the tent rope

تَلُزُّكِ ما اِسطاعَت إِذا كانَ قَسمُها

تَلُزُّكِ ما اِسطاعَت إِذا كانَ قَسمُها

كَقَسمِكِ حَقّاً فَي التِلادِ وَفي البَعلِ

كَقَسمِكِ حَقّاً فَي التِلادِ وَفي البَعلِ

She will crowd you as much as she can, when her share

She will jostle you as much as she can, if her share

Equals yours by right in long-held wealth and in the husband.

Is like your share, by rights of birth and by the husband

مَتى تَحمِليها مِنكِ يَوماً لِحالَةٍ

مَتى تَحمِليها مِنكِ يَوماً لِحالَةٍ

فَتَتبَعَها تَحمِلكِ يَوماً عَلى مِثلِ

فَتَتبَعَها تَحمِلكِ يَوماً عَلى مِثلِ

Whenever you drive her one day into a plight of your making,

When will you bear with her one day because of a situation

And pursue her, she will one day drive you into the same.

Then she will bear you one day in the same way