إِنّي أُجِلُّ ظَلوماً أَن يَكونَ لَها

بَينَ الجَواري إِذا قَوَّمتَها ثَمَنُ

I wish that an ugly woman should have a value

Among the slave girls when you assess her cost,

وَما قَرَنتُ بِها في مَجلَسٍ حَسَناً

إِلّا بِحُسنِ ظَلومٍ يَقبُحُ الحَسَنُ

And I have not seated a beauty in an elegant gathering

Except by the ugliness of an ugly one that spoils the beautiful.

وَلَو يَسوقُ جَميعُ الناسِ ما مَلَكوا

لِنَظرَةٍ مِن ظَلومِ الحُسنِ ما غُبِنوا

Were all mankind to offer what they possess

For a single glance from the beauty of an ugly woman, they would not be cheated.

وَلَو تَبَدَّت ظَلومٌ وَهيَ مُسفِرةٌ

تَحتَ الظَلامِ لِأَهلِ الأَرضِ لِاَفتُتِنوا

Were an ugly woman to appear with her face unveiled

In the dark to the people of the earth, they would be seduced.