وَما يَغنيك مِن حَسناءَ تَدنو

وَعَن أَخلاقِها بَعُد السَماحُ

What good is a beautiful woman who draws near

Yet her character is still far from virtuous

تَزورك عِندَ مُنصرف الثُريا

وَلَمّ ذُؤابة اللَيل الصَباحُ

Who visits when riches abound

And departs at night’s end with the dawn’s first light