يا عَلاءَ الدينِ المُرَجّى أَعِنّي

وَأَجِرني مِمّا دَهاني أَجِرني

O Aladdin the hoped for, aid me

And save me from what has afflicted me, save me

مِن عَجوزٍ شَمطاءَ ذاتِ نِصابٍ

تَتَجَنّى عَدِمتَ ذاكَ التَجَنّي

From an old, toothless, scheming hag

Who displayed that ugly display

بالَغَ الواصِفونَ فيها وَقالوا

طِفلَةُ السِنِّ ذاتُ مالٍ وَحُسنِ

The describers have gone overboard about her, and said

A child in years, possessing money and beauty

فَتَزَوَّجتُها وَقَد باعَدَ اللَ

هُ بِقُربي مِنها السَعادَةَ عَنّي

So I married her, and God - may he be praised

Has, by my marrying her, denied me happiness

طَمَعاً أَن تَقِرَّعَيني وَأَن يَن

عَمَ بالي فَخَيَّبَ اللَهُ ظَنّي

Hoping she would enrich my eyes, but God has disappointed my hopes

Except that I have been compensated better than her

غَيرَ أَنّي عُوِّضتُ أَحسَنَ مِنها

إِن تَأَمَّلتُ وَهيَ أَفقَرُ مِنّي

If I contemplate, while she is poorer than me

So find me a way to be free of her

فَتَوَصَّل إِلى خَلاصٍ مِنها

وَأَحِنّي فَقَد حَصَلتُ بِرَهني

And pity me, for I have put myself in pawn