لنا صديقٌ يدّعي مُنَّةً

لنا صديقٌ يدّعي مُنَّةً

من فضلِ ما أودع فيه المَنِيّ

من فضلِ ما أودع فيه المَنِيّ

We have a friend who claims we owe him gratitude

We have a friend who claims strength,

for the bounty of semen deposited in him.

By virtue of what semen has deposited in him.

لا يحقِرُ الفَيْشَاتِ ممن أتتَ

لا يحقِرُ الفَيْشَاتِ ممن أتتَ

من رجَلٍ ذي كرم أو صَبيّ

من رجَلٍ ذي كرم أو صَبيّ

He scorns none of the cocks that come to him,

He disdains no penises, from whomever they come,

whether from a generous man or from a boy.

From a generous man or a boy.

مثلَ طريقٍ شُرِعَتْ للورى

مثلَ طريقٍ شُرِعَتْ للورى

يجتازُ ذو الفضلِ بها والدَّنيّ

يجتازُ ذو الفضلِ بها والدَّنيّ

Like a road thrown open to all mankind,

Like a road laid open to humankind,

where the worthy and the lowly pass alike.

The worthy and the base pass along it.

ما خِلتُ أن اللَّه سبحانه

ما خِلتُ أن اللَّه سبحانه

يجمع ما فيهِ وبُغضَ النَّبيّ

يجمع ما فيهِ وبُغضَ النَّبيّ

I never thought that God—glory be to Him—

I did not think that God—glory be to Him—

would join all that is in him with hatred of the Prophet.

Would combine what is in him with hatred of the Prophet.

ينتحِلُ الدهرَ فيا ليته

ينتحِلُ الدهرَ فيا ليته

لم يكُ ذا فيهِ وكان الغَبيّ

لم يكُ ذا فيهِ وكان الغَبيّ

He makes Time his creed—if only

He professes belief in Time—oh, would that

that were not in him, and he were merely a fool.

This were not in him, and he were merely a fool.