قالوا فلان قدر في بزوجة

قالوا فلان قدر في بزوجة

لرتبة لم يك قبلها حرى

لرتبة لم يك قبلها حرى

They said, “So-and-so rose through a wife [wording unclear]

They said so-and-so married a wife

to a rank he had not previously deserved.”

Of a rank to which none before her aspired

فقالت الزوجة لما أن علا

فقالت الزوجة لما أن علا

لولا حرى ما كان ذابه جرى

لولا حرى ما كان ذابه جرى

So the wife said, when he rose:

The wife replied, when this was made known,

“Were it not for my vulva, this would not have happened to him.”

Had he no merit, no such match he'd acquired