إِذا رَدَنَت فيما يَعودُ لِطِفلِها

بِنَفعٍ فَآمِرها وَرُجِّ إِمارَها

If she acts for the benefit of her child

Then command her and encourage her rule

وَجَنَّتُكَ الأُلى عَروسُكَ وافَقَت

رِضاكَ فَإِن أَجَنَتكَ فَاِجنِ ثِمارَها

And your most cherished garden, your bride, has agreed

To your satisfaction, so enjoy its fruits

وَما هَذِهِ الدُنيا بِأَهلِ وَديعَةٍ

فَلا تَأتَمِنها قَد عَرَفتَ أَمارَها

This world is not for the meek

So do not trust it, you know its ways

وَلا أَحمَدُ البَيضاءَ تَشرَبُ مَحضَها

وَتَسقي بَنيها وَالنَزيلَ سَمارَها

I do not praise the white camel that drinks the pure milk

And gives it to her young, leaving the burning coals

وَتَترُكُ جَمرَ الزَوجِ يَخبو لِرِحلَةٍ

إِلى الرُكنِ وَالبَطحاءِ تَرمي جَمارَها

For a journey to the shrine and plains where she throws her ropes

Her home is more deserving than the Kaaba

وَأَولى بِها مِن بَيتِ مَكَّةَ بَيتُها

إِذا هِيَ قَضَّت حَجَّها وَاِعتِمارَها

When she finishes her Hajj and Umrah

When she drinks wine, I cannot trust

مَتى شَرِبَت خَمراً فَلَستُ بِآمِنٍ

عَلَيها غَوِيّاً أَن يُحَلَّ خِمارَها

That a seducer will not unveil her veil

For with the cup she has shed every beautiful garment

فَقَد عَرِيَت بِالكَأسِ مِن كُلِّ مَلبَسٍ

جَميلٍ وَأَلقَت في حَشاكَ خُمارَها

And cast off her modesty

Her affection went to the rising moon

مَعَ القَمَرِ الساري تَعَلَّقَ وُدُّها

فَما بَذَلَت لِلخِلِّ إِلّا قِمارَها

And she did not spare her dice for vinegar

The best women guard their honor

وَخَيرُ النِساءِ الحامِياتُ نُفوسَها

مِنَ العارِ قَبلَ الخَيلِ تَحمي ذِمارَها

Before their horses guard their tents

I remain immersed in affairs and have not ceased

أَرانِيَ غِمراً بِالأُمورِ وَلَم أَزَل

أَجوبُ دُجاها أَوأَخوضُ غِمارَها

To traverse its darkness or plumb its depths

Better than the strings of a drinking party is a she-ostrich

وَأَفضَلُ مِن مِزمارِ شَربٍ نَعامَةٌ

تُكَرِّرُ في السَهبِ الرَحيبِ زِمارَها

Who repeats her song in the vast plain