وحانيةٍ من غير رُحمى على طفلِ

يَعيش بلا أكل ويبقى بلا رسلِ

A tavern without mercy upon a child

Who lives without food and remains without messages

إذا ما دنا من حِجرها نَبذَت بهِ

وتُرسلهُ طفلاً فيغدو على كهلِ

If he approaches her bosom, she casts him away

And sends him as a child, so he becomes an old man

كأنّ تراخيها قوامٌ لقوةٍ

تميلُ عليه تارةً ثُمّ تَستعلي

As if her negligence is the pillar of a power

That leans over him at times, then rises above

إِذا استَعقلتهُ وهو قبضةُ حِجرها

مضى يضعُ التأكيد في فُرقةِ الشّملِ

When she makes sense of him, while he is a handful of her rocks

He goes on to put emphasis on the separation of kinship

لها رنّةٌ في إثرهِ بعد فَقدهِ

فتَحسبُها تبكي عليهِ من الثَّكلِ

She has a ringing in his absence after losing him

You'd think she cries over him out of grief