قلsay لمنto her whom عنكfrom you أخَّرَتْهاhas held her back المنونُDeath
قل لمن عنك أخَّرَتْها المنونُ
ليسnot يجريsails فيin بَحْركمyour sea ليfor me سَفينُships
ليس يجري في بَحْركم لي سَفينُ
Tell her whom Death has held back from you:
Tell the one for whom you have postponed death
No ships of mine sail in your sea.
There is no ship of yours that sails in my sea
أناI منamong أفْحلthe most virile البريَّةmankind إلاexcept
أنا من أفْحل البريَّة إلا
أنّنيthat I عنكwith regard to you مُخفَرٌabashed عِنِّينimpotent
أنّني عنك مُخفَرٌ عِنِّين
I am among the most virile of mankind, except
I am from the purest lineage of the desert
that with you I am abashed and impotent.
Yet I pine for you, I who am so chaste
ليسnot ليfor me دينُfaith يُونسٍJonah فأُرجِّيso I might hope
ليس لي دينُ يُونسٍ فأُرجِّي
نجوةًdeliverance بعدafter أنthat تفيءَreturns النونthe whale
نجوةً بعد أن تفيءَ النون
I do not have Jonah's faith, to hope
I have no religion that gives me hope
for deliverance after the whale returns.
Of deliverance, after the ebbing of death's tide
لاdo not تروميseek نيكيكmy fucking you ذلكthat شيءٌa thing
لا ترومي نيكيك ذلك شيءٌ
لمnot (past negation) يكنwas مثلُهits like وليسand is not يكونwill be
لم يكن مثلُه وليس يكون
Do not seek my fucking you; that is something
Do not think, Nike, that this is a thing
whose like has never been, nor ever will be.
The like of which has been or will ever be
لكyou have فِيin هَنْكِyour vulva خَصلتانِtwo traits منfrom الجَنْPara-
لك فِي هَنْكِ خَصلتانِ من الجَنْ
نةِ-dise بَردٌcoolness كبردهاlike its coolness وصحونُand courtyards
نةِ بَردٌ كبردها وصحونُ
You have in your vulva two traits of Para-
You have two qualities from Paradise:
-dise: coolness like its coolness, and courtyards.
Its coolness, like its coolness, and its bowls
غيرَexcept أَنthat بردهاits coolness يطيبُis pleasant وماand not إنat all (emphasizing negation)
غيرَ أَن بردها يطيبُ وما إن
فيكin you طيبٌpleasantness بلrather فيكin you داءٌa disease دفينُhidden
فيك طيبٌ بل فيك داءٌ دفينُ
Except that its coolness is pleasant, whereas
Except that its coolness is wholesome, while
nothing in you is pleasant; rather, in you lies a hidden disease.
In you no wholesomeness, but hidden disease
Sol 6.1