يا مَعمَرُ يا ابنَ زَيدٍ حينَ تَنكِحُها

وَتَستَبِدُّ بِأَمرِ الغيِّ والرَشَدِ

O Ma'amar, O Ibn Zayd, when you marry her

And take control of the wrong and right

أَما تَذَكَّرتَ صَيفيّاً فَتَحفَظَهُ

أَو عاصِماً أَو قَتيلَ الشعبِ مِن أُحُدِ

Don't you remember Saifiyya, so guard her

Or Asim or the martyr of Uhud's ravine

أَكُنتَ تَجهَلُ حَزماً حينَ تَنكِحُها

أَم خِفتَ لا زِلتَ فيها جائِعَ الكَبِدِ

Were you not wise when you married her

Or were you afraid, still with a hungry liver

أَبَعدَ صِهرِ بَني الخَطّابِ تَجعَلُهُم

صِهراً وَبَعدَ بَني العوّامِ مِن أَسَدِ

After the in-laws of Bani Khatab you make them

In-laws, and keep away Bani Awwam from Asad

هَبها سَليلَةَ خَيلٍ غَيرِ مُقرِفَةٍ

مَظلومَةً حُبِسَت لِلعَيرِ في الجَدَدِ

Give her away, a mare's offspring not yet mounted

Wronged, imprisoned for the camels in the meadows

فَكُلُّ ما نالَنا مِن عارِ مَنكَحِها

شَوىً إِذا فارَقَتهُ وَهيَ لَم تَلِدِ

So all the shame we got from marrying her

Is burning when she leaves and has not given birth