طالما كنتَ قبلها تحفظ الخُب

طالما كنتَ قبلها تحفظ الخُب

زَ ولكن بالبخل في الصندوق

زَ ولكن بالبخل في الصندوق

You had long, before that, kept the bread,

For so long you have been hoarding the loves

but, out of stinginess, in the chest.

In your chest but with miserliness

ليتَ شعري ماذا تقول إذا ما

ليتَ شعري ماذا تقول إذا ما

رُمتَ شقي قل لي بأي طريقِ

رُمتَ شقي قل لي بأي طريقِ

Would that I knew what you will say when

I wonder what you would say if

you seek my undoing—tell me, by what means?

You were thrown my way, tell me by which path

علم اللَه ما مضيتُ رَسولا

علم اللَه ما مضيتُ رَسولا

قطُّ من عند ابنتي لعشيق

قطُّ من عند ابنتي لعشيق

God knows I have never gone as a messenger,

God knows I have never gone as a messenger

not once, from my daughter to a lover.

From my daughter to her lover

لا ولا بتُّ في مكان طُفيلي

لا ولا بتُّ في مكان طُفيلي

يا كغيري في طاعةٍ وفسُوقٍ

يا كغيري في طاعةٍ وفسُوقٍ

No, nor have I spent the night anywhere as a sponger,

No, nor have I stayed in a place of disgrace

like others, in devotion and debauchery.

Like others in obedience and debauchery

لا ولا جئتُ بالرجالِ إلى بيت

لا ولا جئتُ بالرجالِ إلى بيت

ي وكاسَرتُ عنهُمُ في السُّوقِ

ي وكاسَرتُ عنهُمُ في السُّوقِ

No, nor have I brought men to my house,

No, nor have I brought men to my house

and haggled on their behalf in the market.

And sought them out in the market