وَخَريدَةٍ كَرُمَت عَلى آبائِها

وَعَلى بَوادِرِ خَيلِنا لَم تُكرَمِ

A bride who honored her ancestors

Yet did not honor our first warriors

خُطِبَت بِحَدِّ السَيفِ حَتّى زُوِّجَت

كَرهاً وَكانَ صَداقُها لِلمَقسِمِ

Was wed at swordpoint though loath to wed

Her bride-price paid to the arbiter

راحَت وَصاحِبُها بِعُرسٍ حاضِرٌ

يُرضي الإِلَهَ وَأَهلُها في مَأتَمِ

She left while her groom and his kin rejoiced

Pleasing their god while her family mourned