إنif طلبتَyou seek الإنجابَbegetting fine offspring فانكِحْthen marry غَريباًan outsider
إن طلبتَ الإنجابَ فانكِحْ غَريباً
وإلىand to الأقربينَclose relatives لاdo not تَتَوسّلْseek connection
وإلى الأقربينَ لا تَتَوسّلْ
If you seek fine offspring, marry an outsider;
If you seek fertility, marry a stranger,
And do not seek a match among close relatives.
And plead not with your kin,
فأشفُّfor the finest الثِّمارِthe fruits طيباًin flavor وحُسناًand in beauty
فأشفُّ الثِّمارِ طيباً وحُسناً
ثَمرٌfruit غصنُهُits branch غريبٌforeign مُوَصّلْgrafted on
ثَمرٌ غصنُهُ غريبٌ مُوَصّلْ
For the finest of fruits in flavor and beauty
For the finest, fairest fruit,
Is fruit whose branch is foreign, grafted on.
Comes from a grafted foreign limb.