1. O killer of cats and cocks
With twisted necks and disjointing
١. يا قاتلَ السنَّورِ والديكِ
بِلَيّ أعناقٍ وتفكيكِ
2. To God belong those acts of yours
That freed you from hunger and massage
٢. للَّهِ أفعالك تلك التي
لحتْكَ من جوعٍ وتدليكِ
3. And you went from it satisfied and pampered
As if you had gained by ownership
٣. ورُحت منها طاعماً ناعماً
كأنما فزتَ بتمليك
4. To God belong those acts of yours
With which you slept atop staircases
٤. للَّه أفعالُك تلك التي
بِتَّ بها فوقَ الدرانيك
5. You gained a good sustenance
And pounced, adorned with ravishing
٥. فُزتَ بقدرٍ طيِّبٍ طعمُها
وكعثبٍ زينَ بتشويك
6. It steamed for you, O Hercules
And you took hold of it, O any seizing
٦. قد بخَّرته لك هِركَوْلةٌ
ومسَّكته أيَّ تمسيك
7. And it was said what is this, so you took it out
And said this is some of the equalizations
٧. وقيل ما هذا فأبرزته
وقلت ذا بعض المساويك
8. Rather, an arrow of a Turk which has superiority
That some of the archers shoot with
٨. بل سهمُ تركيٍّ له فضلةٌ
يرمي به بعض التنابيك
9. This which whoever tastes it in the morning
Submits to me the submission of slaves
٩. هذا الذي يصبحُ من ذاقه
يذلُّ لي ذُلَّ المماليك
10. A quilt over which is a huge cockerel
As if it were some of the mechanisms
١٠. عَرْدٌ عليه فيشة ضخمةٌ
كأنها بعضُ المكاكيك
11. When a pervert man sees it
He kneels to it, O any blessing
١١. إذا رآها رجلٌ ماجنٌ
برّك فيها أيَّ تبريك
12. O Lord of a smooth, plump, swollen
That I fitted, O any fitting
١٢. يا ربّ خودٍ غضةٍ بضةٍ
قد حنَّكتْها أيَّ تحنيكِ
13. I inserted in its opening that which is in its staff
A device of fitting and smoothing
١٣. أولجتُ في فيها الذي في استها
آلة تحنيك وتسويك
14. This for which I have become
Freeing myself from some of the rabble
١٤. هذا الذي أصبحتُ من أجله
أفتكَ من بعضِ الصعاليك