شُنطفُ يا عُوذَة السمواتِ وال

شُنطفُ يا عُوذَة السمواتِ وال

أرض وشمسَ النهار والقمرِ

أرض وشمسَ النهار والقمرِ

Shuntaf—O amulet of the heavens and the—

Shuntuf, O amulet of the heavens and the

earth, and sun of day, and moon!

earth, the sun of day, and the moon!

إن كان إبليسُ خالقاً بشراً

إن كان إبليسُ خالقاً بشراً

فأنت عندي من ذلك البشر

فأنت عندي من ذلك البشر

If Iblis be a creator of humankind,

If Iblis ever created human beings,

then, to my mind, you are of that human stock.

then, to my mind, you are one of those humans.

صوّركِ الماردُ اللعين فأع

صوّركِ الماردُ اللعين فأع

طتكِ يداهُ مقابحَ الصُّورِ

طتكِ يداهُ مقابحَ الصُّورِ

The accursed demon fashioned you, and—

The accursed fiend fashioned you, and then

both his hands gave you the uglinesses of forms.

his two hands endowed you with ugliness of form.

ولم تَعافي من البغاء ولا ال

ولم تَعافي من البغاء ولا ال

بردِ وخُبْثِ النسيم والدَّفَرِ

بردِ وخُبْثِ النسيم والدَّفَرِ

You were spared neither whoredom nor—

And you were not spared whoredom, nor the

coldness, foulness of breath, and stench.

coldness, the foulness of the breeze, and rank stench.

بل أنتِ فوق المُنَى إذا ذُكر ال

بل أنتِ فوق المُنَى إذا ذُكر ال

قبحُ وفُحشُ العيوبِ والقَذر

قبحُ وفُحشُ العيوبِ والقَذر

Indeed, you are beyond all imagining when—

Rather, you surpass all hopes whenever they mention

ugliness, the enormity of defects, and filth are named.

ugliness, hideous defects, and filth.

لم تَقطعي قطُّ ذا مُكايدةٍ

لم تَقطعي قطُّ ذا مُكايدةٍ

بل تقطعين الوتين بالبخَر

بل تقطعين الوتين بالبخَر

Never once did you fell anyone by grappling;

You have never cut a schemer short;

rather, with your fetid breath you sever the aorta.

instead, you sever the aorta with foul breath.

ترمين آنافنا بأسهمه

ترمين آنافنا بأسهمه

عن شر قوسٍ وشرِّ ما وتر

عن شر قوسٍ وشرِّ ما وتر

You shoot its arrows at our noses,

You shoot its arrows at our noses

from the worst bow—the worst thing ever strung.

from the worst bow, the worst ever strung.

والطيز عند الغناء مختلجٌ

والطيز عند الغناء مختلجٌ

تضْحك أشداقه إلى الكمر

تضْحك أشداقه إلى الكمر

And as you sing, your arse twitches,

And your ass quivers during singing;

its jowls laughing toward the heads of cocks.

its jaws grin toward the heads of cocks.

شنطُف يا سوءَ ما مُنِيت به

شنطُف يا سوءَ ما مُنِيت به

ما كُنتِ إلا فريسةَ القدر

ما كُنتِ إلا فريسةَ القدر

Shuntaf—O worst affliction I was made to bear!

Shuntuf, O vile thing I have been afflicted with!

You were nothing but the prey of fate.

You were nothing but fate's prey.

لم تَنشُري قطُّ نائكاً وكذا

لم تَنشُري قطُّ نائكاً وكذا

وجهُك حقاً يا نُشرةَ النشر

وجهُك حقاً يا نُشرةَ النشر

Never once did you revive a fucker; nor did—

You have never given a fucker an erection; nor

your face, truly, O charm of revival and resurrection!

has your face, truly, O charm of charms!