تَثاقَلَت أَن كُنتُ اِبنَ عَمٍّ نَكَحتِهِ

فَمِلتِ وَقَد يُشفى ذَوو الرَأيِ بِالعَذلِ

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

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

فَإِنَّكِ إِلّا تَترُكي بَعضَ ما أَرى

تُنازِعكِ أُخرى كَالقَرينةِ في الحَبلِ

For unless you give up some of what I see

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

تَلُزُّكِ ما اِسطاعَت إِذا كانَ قَسمُها

كَقَسمِكِ حَقّاً فَي التِلادِ وَفي البَعلِ

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

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

مَتى تَحمِليها مِنكِ يَوماً لِحالَةٍ

فَتَتبَعَها تَحمِلكِ يَوماً عَلى مِثلِ

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

Then she will bear you one day in the same way