ذَمَمتُكِ أُمَّ دَفرٍ فَاِسمَعيني

وَجازيني بِذَلِكَ أَو دَعيني

I blamed you, mother of misfortune, so listen to me

And repay me for that, or leave me be

فَما كُنتُ الحَبيبَ إِلَيكَ يَوماً

فَأَقرُبُ في الثَوِيِّ لِتَخدَعيني

For you were never a lover to me one day

So to deceive me, you are closest in intimacy

لَعَنتُكَ جاهِداً وَقَد اِشتَبَهنا

كِلانا راحَ في بُردَي لَعينِ

I cursed you intensely, and we became confused

Both of us went in the garb of the eye's blindness

عَلى خُلقِ العَجوز غَدا بَنوها

لَهُم وِردٌ مِنَ الغَدرِ المَعينِ

On the morals of the old woman her children tomorrow

For them is a stream of treachery gushing

إِذا ما الأَربَعونَ مَضَت كَمالاً

فَما لِلمَرءِ مِن أَربٍ لِعينِ

When the forty are completed in perfection

Man has no intimate friend for the eye

وَغِشيانُ النِساءِ إِذا تَقَضَّت

لِسُلطانِ المَنِيَّةِ كَالمُعينِ

And the deceits of women when they are fulfilled

To the authority of demise are like helpers