ياقومُ لم تخلقْ بناتُ الورى

للدرسِ والطرس وقالٍ وقيلْ

O people, the daughters of the world were not created

For study, knitting and gossiping tales

لنا علومٌ ولها غيرُها

فعلموها كيفَ نشرُالغسيلْ

We have our knowledge, and they have theirs

So teach them how to hang the laundry

والثوبُ والإبرةُ في كفِّها

طرسٌ عليهِ كلُّ خطٍّ جميلْ

And the dress and needle in her hands

Is a poem on which every beautiful line is etched