1. بِأَبي وَأُمّي أَنتِ مِن مَظلومَةٍ

    طَبِنَ العَدُوُّ لَها فَغَيَّرَ حالَها

    May my father and mother be your ransom—what a wronged woman you are!

    The enemy took notice of her and changed her circumstances.

  2. لَو أَنَّ عَزَّةَ خاصَمَت شَمسَ الضُحى

    في الحُسنِ عِندَ مُوَفَّقٍ لَقَضى لَها

    If ʿAzza contended with the midmorning sun

    in beauty before a rightly guided judge, he would rule in her favor.

  3. وَسَعى إِلَيَّ بِصَرمِ عَزَّةَ نِسوَةٌ

    جَعَلَ المَليكُ خُدودَهُنَّ نِعالَها

    And women brought me word of ʿAzza’s estrangement;

    may the Sovereign make their cheeks her sandals!