وَما ضَرَبَت عُتبى لِذَنبٍ أَتَت بِهِ

وَما ضَرَبَت عُتبى لِذَنبٍ أَتَت بِهِ

وَلَكِنَّما وَلّادَةٌ تَشتَهي ضَربي

وَلَكِنَّما وَلّادَةٌ تَشتَهي ضَربي

ʿUtba was not beaten for any sin she had committed;

I see no harm in myself, though each event

Rather, Wallada only longs to beat me.

I meet resembles ill; so divers persons

فَقامَت تَجُرُّ الذَيلَ عاثِرَةً بِهِ

فَقامَت تَجُرُّ الذَيلَ عاثِرَةً بِهِ

وَتَمسَحُ طَلَّ الدَمعِ بِالعَنَمِ الرَطبِ

وَتَمسَحُ طَلَّ الدَمعِ بِالعَنَمِ الرَطبِ

Then she rose, dragging her hem and stumbling over it,

Have divers sentiments; their actions' secrets

And wiping the dew of tears with tender ʿanam twigs—her fingers.

Are dividuous in unlike varieties.