مَهرُ الفَتاةِ إِذا غَلا صَونٌ لَها

مِن أَن يَبُتَّ عَشيرُها تَطليقَها

A girl's high dowry protects her

From her clan hastily divorcing her

هَوِيَ الفِراقِ وَخافَ مِن إِغرامِهِ

فَأَدامَ في أَسبابِهِ تَعليقَها

He feared parting and his deep passion

So he prolonged the means to possess her

وَلَرُبَّما وَرِثَتهُ أَو سَبَقت بِها

أَقدارٌ ميتَتِها فَكانَ طَليقَها

Perchance fate took him before her

Or she preceded him, so he divorced her