وحُبلى بأبناء لها قد تمخضوا

بأحشائها من بعد ما ولدوها

With child, bearing sons who emerged

From her womb after giving birth to them

كسوها غداة الطلق برداً معصفراً

على يققٍ أزرارها عقدوها

They clothed her the morning after divorce in yellowish grey

Around her slim waist they tied it

ولما رأوها قد تكامل حسنُها

وأبدرَ منها طالعٌ حسدوها

And when they saw her beauty had become perfect

And a rising star emerged from her, they envied her

فقدَّوا قميص البدر بالبرق واجتلوا

أهلتها من بعد ما فقدوها

So they took the moon's shirt with lightning and eclipsed

Her family abandoned her after they had lost her

ولو أنصفوا ما أنصفوا بدرتمهّا

ولا أعدموا الحسناء إذ وجدوها

And if they were just they would not have clouded her radiance

Or deprived the beautiful one when they found her