خَيرُ النِساءِ اللَواتي لا يَلِدنَ لَكُم

فَإِن وَلَدنَ فَخَيرُ النَسلِ ما نَفَعا

The best of women are those who do not bear children for you

For if they do, the best offspring are those who benefit

وَأَكثَرُ النَسلِ يَشقى الوالِدانِ بِهِ

فَلَيتَهُ كانَ عَن آبائِهِ دُفِعا

And most offspring cause misery for their parents

If only they had been driven away from their forefathers

أَضاعَ دارَيكَ مِن دُنيا وَآخِرَةٍ

لا الحَيَّ أَغنى وَلا في هالِكٍ شَفَعا

He wasted your home, worldly life and hereafter

Neither alive to be useful nor dead to intercede

وَكَم سَليلٍ رَجاهُ لِلجَمالِ أَبٌ

فَكانَ خَزياً بِأَعلى هَضبَةٍ رُفِعا

And how many young men a father hoped for beauty

But became disgrace raised on the highest hill