قَد حاطَتِ الزَوجَ حُرَّةٌ سَأَلَت

مَليكَها العَونَ في حِياطَتِها

The wife was surrounded by freedom, she asked

Her husband for help in containing her

غَدَت بِبُرسٍ إِلى مَرادِنِها

أَو خَيطِ غَزلٍ إِلى خِياطَتِها

She went with a needle to her secrets

Or a thread of spinning to her sewing

أَماطَتِ السوءَ عَن ضَمائِرِها

فَلاقَت الخَيرَ في إِماطَتِها

She lifted the evil from her conscience

So she found the good in her lifting