1. أيها الجالسُ في مرقبِه

    أترى الدميةَ تمشي أترَى

    O you seated at your lookout,

    Do you see the doll walking—do you see?

  2. أترى كيفَ مشت مبطئةً

    وتأنت فَهيَ تمشي القهقرَى

    Do you see how she walked slowly,

    And took her time? For she walks backward.

  3. أترى هذا الذَى ساومَهَا

    لا يبالي ما الذي قالَ الورَى

    Do you see this man who bargained with her?

    He cares nothing for what people have said.

  4. عصبت شهوتُه أعينَه

    فَهوَ بالشهوةِ أعمى لا يرى

    His lust has blindfolded his eyes,

    So he is blind with lust; he does not see.

  5. نسوةٌ معدنُهَا هذا الثرى

    هُنَّ دوماً لاصقاتٌ بالثرَى

    Women whose substance is this earth—

    They cling forever to the earth.