نَزَلَت بِمَكَّةَ مِن قَبائِلِ نَوفَلِ

نَزَلَت بِمَكَّةَ مِن قَبائِلِ نَوفَلِ

وَنَزَلتُ خَلفَ البِئرِ أَبعَدَ مَنزِلِ

وَنَزَلتُ خَلفَ البِئرِ أَبعَدَ مَنزِلِ

She, from the clans of Nawfal, lodged in Mecca,

She came down to Mecca from the tribes of Nawfal

And I lodged behind the well, in the farthest dwelling,

And I descended behind the well, far from lodging

حِذَراً عَلَيها مِن مَقالَةِ كاشِحٍ

حِذَراً عَلَيها مِن مَقالَةِ كاشِحٍ

ذَرِبِ اللِسانِ يَقولُ ما لَم تَفعَلِ

ذَرِبِ اللِسانِ يَقولُ ما لَم تَفعَلِ

Fearing for her the slander of a spiteful foe,

Wary for her from the talk of a slanderer

Sharp-tongued, who speaks of things she never did.

Of reckless tongue, saying what she did not do