الفَتى قَد رَأى اليَقينَ وَلَكِن

يُؤثِرُ العَيشَ فَهُوَ كَالمَختولِ

The youth has seen the truth, and yet

He prefers living, thus he is like a madman.

خَيرَ فيما أَراهُ لِإِمرَأَةِ الجُن

دِيِّ مِن زَوجِها المَقطولِ

It is better for the wife of a ghost

Than her slain husband.

إِذ أَغارَت حَبلَ القَناعَةِ تَبغي ال

رِزقَ مِن عِندِ خَيطِها المَفتولِ

When the rope of contentment comes undone, she seeks

Sustenance from her unraveled thread.

خَلَصَت مِن بَناتِها وَبَنيها

فَهيَ بَينَ النِساءِ مِثلُ البَتولِ

She is free from her daughters and sons,

Thus among women she is like an unmarried girl.