انظر إلى بِنْتك يا خالدُ
يُخبركَ عن غائبك الشاهدُ
Look at your daughter, O Khalid
The witness tells you about your absent one
معروفة الأُم ولكنها
مثلك لم يُعرَف لها والدُ
The mother is known, but she
Like you, no father was known for her
إلا فِرَاَش غير ما طاهر
ينتابه الصادر والواردُ
Except an impure bed
Visited by comers and goers
ميلادك المدخولُ ميلادها
وهْوَ كما تعلمه فاسدُ
Your entered birth is her birth
And it is, as you know, corrupt
واحدةُ الأم ولكنَّها
مثلك حاشاها أبٌ واحدُ
The mother is one, but she
Like you, has no single father
