ما ضَرَّها أَن لَم يَلِدها اِبنُ عاصِمٍ

وَأَن لَم يَلِدها مِن زُرارَةَ مَعبَدُ

It did not harm her that she was not born to the son of ʿĀṣim,

Nor was she born to Maʿbad of Zarārah.

رَبيبَةُ دَأياتٍ ثَلاثٍ رَبَبنَها

يُلَقِّمنَها مِن كُلِّ سُخنٍ وَمُبرَدُ

A beloved of three nursing mothers who raised her,

Feeding her every delicacy, hot or cold.

إِذا اِنتَبَهَت أَطعَمنَها وَسَقَينَها

وَإِن أَخَذَتها نَعسَةٌ لَم تُسَهَّدُ

When she woke they fed her and gave her drink,

And when sleep overtook her she was not roused.

وَشَبَّت فَلا الأَترابُ تَرجو لِقاءَها

وَلا بَيتُها مِن سامِرِ الحَيِّ مَوعِدُ

She grew up and neither young men hoped for union with her,

Nor was her abode, from prosperous Samir, their rendezvous.