إذاif تغنَّتْshe sings شنطفٌShantaf مرّةًonce
إذا تغنَّتْ شنطفٌ مرّةً
فاصفعْthen slap ودعْand leave عنكaway from you الأَباطيلاthe nonsense
فاصفعْ ودعْ عنك الأَباطيلا
If Shantaf sings even once,
If a vixen sings once,
slap her and set nonsense aside.
then turn her away and leave behind vain talk.
ضرّابةٌa habitual drum-beater بالطبلِon the drum ضرّاطةٌa frequent farter
ضرّابةٌ بالطبلِ ضرّاطةٌ
تُجيبُshe answers بالتطبيلwith drumming تطبيلاdrumming
تُجيبُ بالتطبيل تطبيلا
A drum-beater, an inveterate farter,
A noisy drumbeat and clattering
she answers drumming with drumming.
answered by rhythmic drumming.
لهاshe has ضُراطٌfarts ريحُهtheir wind عاصفٌstormy
لها ضُراطٌ ريحُه عاصفٌ
تُطفئshe extinguishes بالليلat night القناديلاthe lamps
تُطفئ بالليل القناديلا
She has farts whose wind is a gale;
She has a foul scent, her breath a gale
she puts out the lamps at night.
that at night extinguishes lanterns.
مسمومةُpoisonous الريقthe saliva إذاif قُبّلتshe is kissed
مسمومةُ الريق إذا قُبّلت
صَحَّفتshe alters the letter-dots of التقبيلkissing تقتيلاinto killing
صَحَّفت التقبيل تقتيلا
Her saliva is poisonous: if she is kissed,
Poisonous saliva - if you kiss her
she turns 'kissing' into 'killing' by changing the dots.
you distort the kiss into murder.
قبَّلهاmay it kiss her جلمودُa boulder عرَّادةٍof a catapult
قبَّلها جلمودُ عرَّادةٍ
يُحسنُit is skilled للبخراءِfor the foul-breathed woman تقبيلاat kissing
يُحسنُ للبخراءِ تقبيلا
May a catapult's boulder kiss her—
The frigidity of a puppet kissed her,
it knows how to kiss a foul-breathed woman.
proficient at indecency.
فاحشةُgross النقصانِdeficiency لكنهاbut she
فاحشةُ النقصانِ لكنها
قدindeed كُمّلتْshe has been made complete بالبظرِby the clitoris تكميلاcompletely
قد كُمّلتْ بالبظرِ تكميلا
Grossly deficient, yet
Obscene in her defects, yet she
she has been made complete by her clitoris.
is completed in her vulva.
أزرَىbrought disgrace بهاupon her اللَّهGod فلمand did not يعطِهاgive her
أزرَى بها اللَّه فلم يعطِها
إلاexcept بطولِthrough the length of البظرthe clitoris تفضيلاdistinction
إلا بطولِ البظر تفضيلا
God debased her and granted her
God has tormented the man who enjoys her
no distinction except in the length of her clitoris.
with haste and delay.
إذاwhen بداappears الفيلُthe elephant وخرطومُهand its trunk
إذا بدا الفيلُ وخرطومُه
قلناwe say أعارتshe lent بظرهاher clitoris الفيلاto the elephant
قلنا أعارت بظرها الفيلا
When the elephant and its trunk appear,
From the stench of her stuffing and distortion,
we say, 'She lent the elephant her clitoris!'
and from intense, confused dreams.
غولٌa ghoul يبيتspend the night الشّربthe drinking companions منbecause of قبحِهاher ugliness
غولٌ يبيت الشّرب من قبحِها
يرونthey see فيin النومsleep التهاويلاhorrors
يرون في النوم التهاويلا
A ghoul: because of her ugliness, the drinkers spend the night
If her ugliness were beautified even partly,
seeing horrors in their sleep.
desires would be aroused.
لوif حُسّنَتْshe were made beautiful معشارَa tenth of ماwhat قبّحتْshe was made ugly
لو حُسّنَتْ معشارَ ما قبّحتْ
خُوّلتِwould be empowered الأهواءُthe passions تخويلاfully
خُوّلتِ الأهواءُ تخويلا
If she were beautified a tenth as much as she was made ugly,
How nice is a choker around her neck,
the passions would be given full sway.
and a black crown.
ماhow أحسنَfine الأرقَمthe speckled snake طوقاًas a necklace لهاfor her
ما أحسنَ الأرقَم طوقاً لها
وأحسنَand how fine الأسودَthe black snake إكليلاas a crown
وأحسنَ الأسودَ إكليلا
How fine a speckled snake would be as her necklace,
God has tortured someone who enjoyed her
and how fine a black snake as her crown!
in alternating haste and delay.
قدindeed عذَّبَhas tormented اللَّهGod امرءاًa man ناكهاfucked her
قد عذَّبَ اللَّه امرءاً ناكها
طورينِtwice تعجيلاًimmediately وتأجيلاand later
طورينِ تعجيلاً وتأجيلا
God has tormented a man who fucked her
From the stench of her stuffing and distortion,
twice: immediately and later,
from intense heat, confusion and deceit.
منfrom نَتْنthe stench of حشَّيهاboth her nether parts وتشويههاand her hideousness
من نَتْن حشَّيها وتشويهها
ومنand from لظىًHellfire تبَّاًruin وتضليلاand perdition
ومن لظىً تبَّاً وتضليلا
with the stench of her nether parts and her hideousness,
She does not worship God, rather
and with Hellfire—ruin and perdition!
she worships paramours at night.
لاnot تعبدُshe worships اللَّهَGod ولكنهاbut she
لا تعبدُ اللَّهَ ولكنها
تعبدُshe worships بالليلِat night الغراميلاthe cocks
تعبدُ بالليلِ الغراميلا
She does not worship God, but
She neglected propriety, was not chaste,
at night she worships cocks.
and saw no fault in shamelessness.
عَطَّلتِshe has abandoned الأربابthe gods لاnot قُدّستْmay she be sanctified
عَطَّلتِ الأرباب لا قُدّستْ
وماand not ترىshe countenances للأيرfor the cock تعطيلاidleness
وما ترى للأير تعطيلا
She has abandoned the gods—may she never be sanctified!—
One who recited a verse, found her
yet countenances no idleness for a cock.
murmuring lustful moans.
منْwhoever رتلrecites in measured tones الآيةthe verse ألفيتَهاyou find her
منْ رتل الآية ألفيتَها
ترتّلُshe intones الشهقةthe gasp ترتيلاin measured cadence
ترتّلُ الشهقة ترتيلا
When someone recites the verse, you find her
On her face are marks, and on her leg
intoning her gasp in measured cadence.
from her acts are those disgraceful traces.
فيon وجههاher face سيماa mark وفيand on ساقهاher shin
في وجهها سيما وفي ساقها
منfrom فعلهاher doing تلكthose الأفاعيلاdeeds
من فعلها تلك الأفاعيلا
On her face is a mark, and on her shin,
Obvious traces from the length
from her performing those deeds.
of her continuous pounding and writhing.
واضحةَplain الأَثْرينِthe two marks منfrom طولthe length of ماwhat
واضحةَ الأَثْرينِ من طول ما
تُناكshe is fucked إبراكاًbeing made to kneel وتجديلاand being laid flat
تُناك إبراكاً وتجديلا
Both marks plain, from how long
Her writhing benefited her, a whore,
she has been fucked on her knees and thrown flat.
and her spreading legs, a disgrace.
أفادهاhas given her تَبراكُهاher kneeling غُرَّةًa white forehead-blaze
أفادها تَبراكُها غُرَّةً
وبذلُهاand her offering of الرّجلينboth legs تحجيلاwhite stocking-marks
وبذلُها الرّجلين تحجيلا
Her kneeling has given her a white forehead-blaze,
By God, I don't know, when she kneels,
and offering her legs, white stockings.
if she looked more ugly or pretty.
واللَّهِand by God ماnot أدريI know إذاwhen كَرَّعتْshe belches
واللَّهِ ما أدري إذا كَرَّعتْ
أأحسنتْwhether she has done well أمor أقبحَتْhas done badly قيلاin speech
أأحسنتْ أم أقبحَتْ قيلا
By God, when she belches I cannot tell
In the intoxication of death she presents
whether her utterance is fair or foul.
a dilemma, which I will not elaborate on.
فيin سكرةِthe agony of الموتِdeath لناfor us مُذهلٌa distraction
في سكرةِ الموتِ لنا مُذهلٌ
عنهاfrom her وماand not أسرفتُI exaggerated تمثيلاthe comparison
عنها وما أسرفتُ تمثيلا
In death's agony we have a distraction
When she sings her flavor emerges,
from her—and I have not exaggerated the comparison.
leaving us from her preoccupied.
إذاwhen تغنّتْshe sings سطعتْrises نكهةٌa breath-odor
إذا تغنّتْ سطعتْ نكهةٌ
تتركناit leaves us عنهاaway from her مشاغيلاpreoccupied
تتركنا عنها مشاغيلا
When she sings, a reek of breath rises,
Dry of wood - she was humbled
leaving us too preoccupied to heed her.
with branches plucked for the noble.
يابسةُdry العودِof stem وقدand indeed ذُلِّلتْhave been made accessible
يابسةُ العودِ وقد ذُلِّلتْ
قطوفُهاher fruit-clusters للنيكfor fucking تذليلاcomplete accessibility
قطوفُها للنيك تذليلا
A withered stem, yet brought within easy reach are
If she wanted to repent, she could not
her fruit-clusters, made accessible for fucking.
change the ways of Satan.
لوif رامتshe sought التوبةَrepentance لمnot تستطعْshe could
لو رامت التوبةَ لم تستطعْ
لسُنَّةِto the way of الشيطانِthe Devil تبديلاa change
لسُنَّةِ الشيطانِ تبديلا
If she sought repentance, she could not
She persisted in sin in her house
make any change to the Devil's way.
and increased her abasement.
تحققتْshe became confirmed بالفسقin debauchery فيin دارهِhis abode
تحققتْ بالفسق في دارهِ
وزادتand she added to التكريعَbelching تطفيلاsponging at feasts
وزادت التكريعَ تطفيلا
She established herself in debauchery in his abode,
She does not conceal evil from a brother,
and added sponging at feasts to her belching.
seeking interpretation at that time.
ليستshe is not تواريconcealing منfrom أخٍa brother سوءةًa private part
ليست تواري من أخٍ سوءةً
طالبةًseeking إذat ذاكthat moment تنويلاa gift
طالبةً إذ ذاك تنويلا
She does not hide her nakedness from a brother
Rather, the story of Abel and Cain
in hopes of a gift at that moment;
passed by her hearing.
لكنهاbut she مَرَّتْpassed علىupon سمعهاher hearing
لكنها مَرَّتْ على سمعها
قصةُthe story of هابيلAbel وقابيلاand Cain
قصةُ هابيل وقابيلا
rather, there has reached her hearing
Do not rebuke an emerald-green wench
the story of Abel and Cain.
for whom hands are offered like bangles.
لاdo not تعذلواrebuke بظراءthe large-clitorised woman زمردةًZumurruda
لا تعذلوا بظراء زمردةً
تُضحىbecome لهاfor her الأيديhands خلاخيلاanklets
تُضحى لها الأيدي خلاخيلا
Do not rebuke large-clitorised Zumurruda,
O you who seek details about the vixen -
for whom hands become anklets.
let the summary suffice for details.
ياO طالبَseeker of التفصيلِdetails فيabout شنطفٍShantaf
يا طالبَ التفصيلِ في شنطفٍ
حسبُكenough for you بالجملةِin the broad outline تفصيلاas a detailed account
حسبُك بالجملةِ تفصيلا
O seeker of details about Shantaf,
My pants dropped down to the ground,
the broad outline is detail enough for you.
nothing left but my pants.
حَلَّتshe undid سراويليmy trousers علىover واسعٍa wide expanse
حَلَّت سراويلي على واسعٍ
ماnot خِلتُهI thought it إلاexcept سراوِيلاtrousers
ما خِلتُه إلا سراوِيلا
She undid my trousers over a wide expanse
And I entered with my penis, so I protected it
that I took for nothing but a pair of trousers.
by the Lord of Mikal and Gabriel.
واستدخلتand she drew inside إيريmy cock فعوَّذْتُهso I invoked protection for it
واستدخلت إيري فعوَّذْتُه
بربّwith the Lord of ميكالَMichael وجبريلاand Gabriel
بربّ ميكالَ وجبريلا
and drew my cock inside, so I sought protection for it
I remained when it plunged into her sea,
with the Lord of Michael and Gabriel.
hoping it would return retracted.
وظُلْتُand I kept لماwhen غاصَit plunged فيinto بحرهاher sea
وظُلْتُ لما غاصَ في بحرها
آملُI hope أنthat يرجعit returns تأميلاin hope
آملُ أن يرجع تأميلا
And when it plunged into her sea, I kept
Then I pulled myself free, separated from her,
hoping that it would return.
so the butcher sliced her open.
ثمthen تخلَّصتُI got free ففاصلتُهاso I broke with her
ثم تخلَّصتُ ففاصلتُها
فَصَّلهاmay he dismember her الجزارُthe butcher تفصيلاinto pieces
فَصَّلها الجزارُ تفصيلا
Then I got free and broke with her—
And I said, when she tried to make me return -
may the butcher cut her into pieces!
"Evil woman, your scheming is scheming."
وقلتُand I said لماwhen حاولتْshe attempted رَجعتيmy return
وقلتُ لما حاولتْ رَجعتي
لَساءindeed evil is تسويلكُyour enticement تسويلاenticement
لَساء تسويلكُ تسويلا
And when she tried to get me back, I said,
Until I confronted her snout
'How evil your enticement is!'
with despair, revelation and interpretation.
حتّىuntil إذاwhen صادمتُI confronted خرطومَهاher trunk
حتّى إذا صادمتُ خرطومَها
باليأسِwith hopelessness تنزيلاin the revealed text وتأويلاand in interpretation
باليأسِ تنزيلا وتأويلا
Then, when I confronted her trunk
She cried over my penis with a weeping eye,
with hopelessness, in both text and interpretation,
until indeed the handkerchiefs were soaked.
بكتْshe wept علىover أيريmy cock بعينwith the eye of استهاher anus
بكتْ على أيري بعين استها
حتّىuntil لقدْindeed بلَّتْshe soaked مناديلاhandkerchiefs
حتّى لقدْ بلَّتْ مناديلا
she wept over my cock with the eye of her anus,
I said: "Why do you covet one powerless,
until she had soaked handkerchiefs.
who did not walk a mile of your deserts,
قلتُI said وماand what تهوَيْنَdo you desire منfrom عاجزٍa weakling
قلتُ وما تهوَيْنَ من عاجزٍ
لمnot يمشِhas walked منof صحرائِكمyour desert ميلاa mile
لم يمشِ من صحرائِكم ميلا
I said, 'And what do you want from a weakling
And did not plunge into your sea with a frame
who has not walked a mile of your desert,
until I could see him as Ezrael?"
ولمand has not يغصْdived فيinto بحركمyour sea قامةًa body's depth
ولم يغصْ في بحركم قامةً
حتىbefore أراهُI see him عزرائيلاAzrael
حتى أراهُ عزرائيلا
nor dived a body's depth into your sea,
She said: "Small is the cup in his actions,
before I see him as Azrael?'
so I did not try to divert him.
قالتْshe said صغيرٌa little one كاسَwas clever فيin فعلِهits action
قالتْ صغيرٌ كاسَ في فعلِه
فلمso I did not أحاولْseek عنهaway from it تحويلاa change
فلم أحاولْ عنه تحويلا
She said, 'A little one, clever in its work—
He did not fill the horizons, but
so I did not seek to replace it.
he pounded the horizons."
لمnot يملأit filled الآفاقَthe horizons لكنّهbut it
لم يملأ الآفاقَ لكنّه
قدindeed دَوَّخَit subdued الآفاقَthe horizons تجويلاby ranging about
قد دَوَّخَ الآفاقَ تجويلا
It did not fill the horizons, but
He confronted the coasts of every free woman,
it subdued the horizons by ranging all about.
crowned with tresses.
صادمَit rammed حافاتِthe edges of حِرٍa cunt كُلُّهاall of them
صادمَ حافاتِ حِرٍ كُلُّها
مُكلّلُcrowned الرأسِat the head ثآليلاwith warts
مُكلّلُ الرأسِ ثآليلا
It rammed all the edges of a cunt,
So go away, I said, begone -
its head crowned with warts.
I do not desire insipid diversions.
فعُدْso return ونِكنيand fuck me الآنnow قلتُI said اغربيgo away
فعُدْ ونِكني الآن قلتُ اغربي
لاnot أشتهيI desire العُمشthe bleary-eyed المهازيلاthe emaciated
لا أشتهي العُمش المهازيلا
So return and fuck me now!' I said, 'Be off!
You are permitted, not forbidden,
I have no taste for bleary-eyed, emaciated women.
it is enough that I distort you.
أنتِyou حلالٌlawful غيرُnot محجورةٍforbidden
أنتِ حلالٌ غيرُ محجورةٍ
حسبيenough for me بتشويهكthrough your hideousness تحليلاmaking lawful
حسبي بتشويهك تحليلا
You are lawful, not forbidden:
And whoever thought you forbidden
your hideousness is enough to make you lawful.
in God, believes Him stingy.
وكلُّand everyone منْwho ظنَّكthinks you محظورةًforbidden
وكلُّ منْ ظنَّك محظورةً
معتقدٌbelieves فيof اللَّهGod تبخيلاmiserliness
معتقدٌ في اللَّه تبخيلا
And everyone who thinks you forbidden
I do not fear the fire, but I fear you -
believes God to be miserly.
suffice that you punish me.
ولستْand I do not أخشَىfear النارَthe Fire لكننيbut I
ولستْ أخشَى النارَ لكنني
أخشاكI fear you حسبيenough for me بكin you تنكيلاpunishment
أخشاك حسبي بك تنكيلا
I do not fear the Fire; rather,
Whoever transgresses after you should fear
I fear you: you are punishment enough for me.
an intense heat, believing God unforgiving.
منِwhoever اغتدَىgoes forth at dawn بعدَكafter you يخشَىfears لظىًHellfire
منِ اغتدَى بعدَك يخشَى لظىً
لمnot يعتقدbelieves فيof اللَّهGod تعديلاjustice
لم يعتقد في اللَّه تعديلا
Whoever greets the morning after you still fearing Hellfire
By God, you will not taste him again
does not believe God to be just.
unless you imagine it.
ولستِand you will not واللَّهand by God تذوقينهtaste it
ولستِ واللَّه تذوقينه
إلاexcept إذاwhen هوَّمْتyou doze تخييلاin fantasy
إلا إذا هوَّمْت تخييلا
And by God, you shall not taste it
I swore if you dressed him in a shirt,
except in fantasy when you doze.
spreading it with your palm,
أقسمتُI swear لوeven if ألبستِهyou clothed it in جمّةًflowing hair
أقسمتُ لو ألبستِه جمّةً
يوسعُهاlavishes upon it كفُّكyour palm ترجيلاcombing
يوسعُها كفُّك ترجيلا
I swear, even if you clothed it in flowing hair
And then carried him and crowned him
that your palm lavished combing on,
with pure pearls,
ثمّthen تحمّلْتِyou took pains وكلّلتِهand you crowned it
ثمّ تحمّلْتِ وكلّلتِه
منof فاخرthe finest الدُّرِّpearls أكاليلاgarlands
من فاخر الدُّرِّ أكاليلا
then took pains and crowned it
You would not taste him as a rod even if you stripped,
with garlands of the finest pearls,
standing in shamelessness.
ماnot ذُقتِهyou would taste it عَوْداًagain ولوand even if سُبّلتwere freely endowed
ما ذُقتِه عَوْداً ولو سُبّلت
وقوفُهits erections فيin الفسقdebauchery تسبيلاas an endowment
وقوفُه في الفسق تسبيلا
you would not taste it again, even if
So the vixen left, troubled,
its erections were freely endowed to debauchery.'
arguing with tears like liquid.
فانصرفتso she departed مكروبةًdistressed شنطفٌShantaf
فانصرفت مكروبةً شنطفٌ
تساجلُshe rivals الدمعَin tears المثاكيلاbereaved mothers
تساجلُ الدمعَ المثاكيلا
So Shantaf left distressed,
I pardoned that face if it
rivaling bereaved mothers in tears.
were proper for a handkerchief.
عذرتُI would excuse ذاكthat الوجهَface لوif أنَّهُthat it
عذرتُ ذاك الوجهَ لو أنَّهُ
يصلحwould be fit للرأسِfor the head منديلاas a handkerchief
يصلح للرأسِ منديلا
I would excuse that face if it
Our censure is more refined than her face,
could serve the head as a handkerchief.
so she does not care what is said and told.
تسفيلُناour vilification أملحُprettier منthan وجهِهاher face
تسفيلُنا أملحُ من وجهِها
فماso not تباليshe cares about القالtalk والقيلاand gossip
فما تبالي القال والقيلا
Our insults are prettier than her face,
Does censure embarrass one whose whole being
so she cares nothing for talk and gossip.
deserves censure?
هلcan يُخجِلُshame التسفيلُvilification مَنْsomeone who كُلُّهall of him
هل يُخجِلُ التسفيلُ مَنْ كُلُّه
يصلحُis fit للتسفيلfor vilification تسفيلاas vilification
يصلحُ للتسفيل تسفيلا
Can insults shame someone whose whole self
I made my punishment permissible at her door,
would be an insult to insult itself?
so the punishment became double punishment.
أحللتُI lodged تنكيليmy chastisement ببابat the gate of استهاher anus
أحللتُ تنكيلي بباب استها
فكانَso it became للتنكيلِfor chastisement تنكيلاa chastisement
فكانَ للتنكيلِ تنكيلا
I lodged my chastisement at the gate of her anus:
it proved a chastisement to chastisement itself.
Partial English translation: 108 of 110 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1