عَلِمتُكَ وَاللَهُ الحَسيبُ عَفيفَةً

عَلِمتُكَ وَاللَهُ الحَسيبُ عَفيفَةً

مِنَ المُؤمِناتِ غَيرَ ذاتِ غَوائِلِ

مِنَ المُؤمِناتِ غَيرَ ذاتِ غَوائِلِ

I have known you to be chaste—and God is the Reckoner—

I know you, by Allah the Accounter, chaste

Among believing women, harboring no treachery.

Among the faithful women, without intrigues

حَصاناً رَزانَ الرِجلِ يَشبَعُ جارُها

حَصاناً رَزانَ الرِجلِ يَشبَعُ جارُها

وَتُصبِحُ غَرثى مِن لُحومِ الغَوافِلِ

وَتُصبِحُ غَرثى مِن لُحومِ الغَوافِلِ

Chaste and steady of foot, her neighbor eats his fill,

A mare, steady of step, her neighbor is sated

And she wakes hungry, having eaten none of the flesh of unsuspecting women.

Yet in the morning is haggard from the spoliations of the plunderers

وَما قُلتُ في مالٍ تُريدينَ أَخذَهُ

وَما قُلتُ في مالٍ تُريدينَ أَخذَهُ

بُنَيَّةُ مَهلاً إِنَّني غَيرُ فاعِلِ

بُنَيَّةُ مَهلاً إِنَّني غَيرُ فاعِلِ

Nor have I said, concerning wealth you wish to take,

And I spoke not of wealth you wish to take

"Little daughter, wait; indeed, I will not do it."

With the intention of reprieve, I am not a doer of that