يا جارَتي بيني فَإِنَّكِ طالِقَه

كَذاكِ أُمورُ الناسِ غادٍ وَطارِقَه

O my neighbor, divorce me, for that is how

People's affairs go, advancing and fading.

وَبيني فَإِنَّ البَينَ خَيرٌ مِنَ العَصا

وَإِلّا تَزالُ فَوقَ رَأسِكِ بارِقَه

And make peace with me, for peace is better than conflict,

Else strife shall remain hanging over your head.

وَما ذاكَ مِن جُرمٍ عَظيمٍ جَنَيتِهِ

وَلا أَن تَكوني جِئتِ فينا بِبائِقَه

It was no grave crime that you committed,

Nor did you bring lasting shame upon us.

وَبيني حَصانَ الفَرجِ غَيرَ ذَميمَةٍ

وَمَوموقَةً فينا كَذاكَ وَوامِقَه

Tell me of your chastity, for it is no dishonor,

Nor towering over us, but matching and suiting.

وَذوقي فَتى قَومِ فَإِنِّيَ ذائِقٌ

فَتاةَ أُناسٍ مِثلَ ما أَنتِ ذائِقَه

And taste, my people, for I will be tasting

A girl of a people like what you are tasting.

فَقَد كانَ في شُبّانِ قَومِكِ مَنكَحٌ

وَفِتيانِ هِزّانَ الطِوالِ الغَرانِقَه

For among the youths of your people was my marriage,

And the tall, slender youths of fluttering sleeves.