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O messenger, O friend of correspondence, do not

يا وهب يا صاحب البريد ألا تكتب

1. O messenger, O friend of correspondence, do not
Write about the incident which has just occurred

١. يا وهبُ يا صاحبَ البريدِ ألا
تكتبُ بالحادثِ الذي حدثَا

2. Of a fart that betrayed its farter thereby
Exposing and disgracing a dainty young man

٢. من ضرطةٍ خانك الحِتارُ بها
فمعَّرَتْ وَيْبَها فَتىً دَمِثا

3. If you do not inform the Imam about it
You would be like one who betrayed or one who broke a pact

٣. إن أنتَ لم تُخبر الإمامَ بها
كنتَ كمن خان أو كمن نَكَثا

4. Do not modestly avoid talking about it
For the occasion calls for speaking plainly

٤. لا تطوِ عنه الحديثَ مُحتشِماً
فالاستُ في الحين تنطق الرفثا

5. How fragrant was that fart, though it stank
And perhaps some foul things are fragrant

٥. يا طيبَها ضرطةً وإن خَبُثتْ
وربما طاب بعض ما خبُثا

6. While you were at the minister's, making
A speech, when that fart categorically denied foulness

٦. بيناك عند الوزير تخطُبُ في
خَطْبٍ إذا الكيرُ قد نفى خبثا

7. Make light of that which you were afflicted by
For it was an immodest fart that blew away restraint

٧. هَوِّنْ عليك التي مُنيتَ بها
فإنها فَقحةٌ قَضت تَفَثا

8. Take off the mask of shame, for
Among the people of our time, it has become effeminate

٨. وَضَعْ قِناعَ الحياء عنك فقدْ
أصبحَ في أهل دَهرنا خُنُثا

9. The orator's mockery has been unleashed, so
He did not mumble or show concern

٩. قد بدرتْ سَبَّةُ الخطيب فما
لَجْلَجَ في قيله ولا اكترثَا

10. Consider it one of Ahmad's melodies when
He farts randomly in every sitting

١٠. هبها كإحدى هَناتِ أحمدَ إذ
يضرطُ في كل مجلس عَبَثا

11. Or Ibn Maymun's when he farts ignorantly
And they do not care about the foulness of flatulence

١١. أو ابن ميمونَ إذ يُضارطُهُ
جهلاً ولا يحفلانِ سوءَ نثا

12. A mule and a mule, one farts at another
May Allah not bless those carcasses

١٢. بغلٌ وبغلٌ هذا يضارطُ ذا
لا صحَّحَ اللَّه تلكمُ الجُثثا

13. I asked about them and was told
They are prophets of farting, commissioned

١٣. وسائلٍ عنهما فقلتُ له
هما نبيّا الضراط قد بُعِثا