1. إِنَّ النِساءَ إِذا يُنهَينَ عَن خُلُقٍ

    فَكُلُّ ما قيلَ لا تَفعَلنَ مَفعولُ

    Indeed, when women are forbidden a habit,

    then everything they are told not to do is done.

  2. وَما وَعَدنَكَ مِن شَرٍّ وَفَينَ بِهِ

    وَما وَعَدنَ مِنَ الخَيراتِ تَضليلُ

    And whatever evil they promise you, they fulfill;

    and whatever good they promise is deception.

  3. إِنَّ النِساءَ كَأَشجارٍ نَبَتنَ مَعاً

    فيهِنَّ مُرٌّ وَبَعضُ النَبتِ مَأكولُ

    Indeed, women are like trees that have grown together:

    among them are bitter ones, and some plants are edible.

  4. وَلَيلَةٍ مِن جُمادى قَد سَرَيتُ بِها

    وَالزِقُّ بَيني وَبَينَ السَرجِ مَعدولُ

    And many a night in Jumada have I journeyed,

    with the wineskin laid between me and the saddle.