إِذا اِبتَكَرَت إِلى العَرّافِ فَاِعرِف

مَكانَ عَصا تَصِكُّ بِها قَراها

If she goes to the soothsayer, then know

The place of the stick with which she knocks her villages

وَساوِرها إِذا أَبدَت سِواراً

وَبارِئها مَتّى كَشَفَت بُراها

And her bracelets when she shows a bracelet

And her Creator when she uncovers her innocence

وَحَذِّرها المُنَجِّمَ فَهوَ ذِئبٌ

تُشَوِّقُهُ الضَوائِنُ أَن يَراها

And warn her of the astrologer, for he is a wolf

Whose greed makes him want to see her

فَإِن هِيَ لَم تُجِبهُ إِلى قَبيحٍ

تَحَلَّبُها المَنافِعَ وَاِمتَراها

So if she does not answer him to vileness

Her benefits will trick her and monitor her

يَقولُ لَها زَخارِفَ مُعرِباتٍ

فَراها الأَوَّلونَ أَوِ اِفتَراها

He tells her embellished metaphors

That the ancients have seen or fabricated

وَقَد يَجفو الكَرى مِنها جُفوناً

إِذا ما حَلَّ في ساقٍ كَراها

And time may turn away from her eyelids

When it settles in a leg she dislikes