يا قُضاةَ العِبادِ إِنَّ عَلَيكُم

في تُقى رَبِّكُم وَعَدلِ القَضاءِ

O judges of God's servants, judgement

And piety to God is upon you -

أَن تُجيزوا وَتَشهَدوا لِنِساءٍ

وَتَرُدّوا شَهادَةً لِنِساءٍ

To accept testimony from women,

And reject the testimony of others.

فَاِنظُروا كُلَّ ذاتِ بوصٍ رَداحٍ

فَأَجيزوا شَهادَةَ العَجزاءِ

Consider each loose, wanton one,

And reject the testimony of the brazen;

وَاِرفُضوا الرُسحَ في الشَهادَةِ رَفضاً

لا تُجيزوا شَهادَةَ الرَسحاءِ

Do not accept the testimony of the immodest.

I wish the immodest had a town of their own

لَيتَ لِلرُسحِ قَريَةً هُنَّ فيها

ما دَعا اللَهَ مُسلِمٌ بِدُعاءِ

Where no Muslim would pray to God,

With no one else mixing among them

لَيسَ فيها خِلاطَهُنَّ سِواهُن

نَ بِأَرضٍ بَعيدَةٍ وَخَلاءِ

In some distant, empty place.

May God destroy them all, and keep

عَجَّلَ اللَهُ قَطَّهُنَّ وَأَبقى

كُلَّ خَودٍ خَريدَةٍ قَبّاءِ

Every cheek rouged, every brow marked.

Tying their belts over humps from straying,

تَعقِدُ المِرطَ فَوقَ دِعصٍ مِنَ الرَم

لِ عَريضٍ قَد حُفَّ بِالأَنقاءِ

Laden beasts wrapped in saddlebags.

May God bare the teeth of every

وَلَحى اللَهُ كُلَّ عَفلاءَ زَلّا

ءَ عَبوساً قَد آذَنَت بِالبَذاءِ

Glowering fool, foretelling harm,

A snarling, tile-nosed, gangling calf

صَرصَرٍ سَلفَعٍ رَضيعَةِ غولٍ

لَم تَزَل في شَصيبَةٍ وَشَقاءِ

Ever miserable and wretched,

By my life, vulgar, uncouth women

وَبِنَفسي ذَواتُ خَلقٍ عَميمٍ

هُنَّ أَهلُ البَها وَأَهلُ الحَياءِ

Are the essence of evil, not modesty -

Not those who dwell in palaces, generous ladies

قاطِناتٌ دورَ البَلاطِ كِرامٌ

لَسنَ مِمَّن يَزورُ في الظُلماءِ

Who don't wander around in the dark!