ألاah ياO قاتلkiller of الديكِthe rooster
ألا يا قاتل الديكِ
بتخنيقby strangling وتفكيكِand pulling apart
بتخنيق وتفكيكِ
Ah, O killer of the rooster,
by strangling and pulling it apart,
لكيso that ينسلَّhe slips out فيin الليلthe night
لكي ينسلَّ في الليل
بلاwithout علمِknowledge of المماليكِthe slaves
بلا علمِ المماليكِ
so that he might slip out at night,
without the slaves' knowledge,
إلىto الخودِthe young beauty وقدand already أهدىhe gave as a gift
إلى الخودِ وقد أهدى
لهاto her بعضَsome of المساويكِthe tooth-sticks
لها بعضَ المساويكِ
to the young beauty, having given
her a few tooth-sticks—
مساويكِtooth-sticks of المفاليسthe penniless
مساويكِ المفاليس
منamong الناسpeople المناييكِthe fuckers
من الناس المناييكِ
the tooth-sticks of penniless
fuckers among men.
فوافاهاthen he came to her وقدand already حرَّstirred (word continues)
فوافاها وقد حرَّ
كَcompletion of 'stirred' منهاof her أيَّwhat a تحريكِstirring
كَ منها أيَّ تحريكِ
Then he came to her, having stirred
her most mightily;
وقدand already لاحظهاhe eyed her الفاسِthe libertine (word continues)
وقد لاحظها الفاسِ
قُcompletion of 'libertine' منfrom بينbetween الشبابيكِthe window grilles
قُ من بين الشبابيكِ
and the libertine had eyed her
through the window grilles.
وقدand already خادعهاhe beguiled her الغاويthe debauchee
وقد خادعها الغاوي
بأفديكِwith 'I'd ransom you' وأحميكِand I'd protect you
بأفديكِ وأحميكِ
And the debauchee had beguiled her
with ‘I'd ransom you and protect you.’
وقالand he said استدخليinsert into yourself هذاthis
وقال استدخلي هذا
فماso how أحسنهlovely it is فيكِinside you
فما أحسنه فيكِ
And he said, ‘Insert this into yourself—
how lovely it is inside you!
ولاand no بدَّalternative لتنُّورِfor the oven
ولا بدَّ لتنُّورِ
كِyour منof بعضsome المحاريكِthe pokers
كِ من بعض المحاريكِ
And your oven cannot do
without some pokers.’
وأبدىand he bared فيشةًa cock تُفضيit reaches
وأبدى فيشةً تُفضي
إلىto الحلقِthe throat بتحكيكِwith rubbing
إلى الحلقِ بتحكيكِ
And he bared a cock that reaches
the throat with rubbing,
عتتْit grew defiant قدماًlong ago
عتتْ قدماً
كأرماحِlike the spears of الصعاليكِvagabonds
كأرماحِ الصعاليكِ
long grown defiant
like the spears of vagabonds.
فماso not تصبرُit waits patiently للحلقِfor shaving
فما تصبرُ للحلقِ
ولاand not تأذىit is hurt بتشويكِby pricking
ولا تأذى بتشويكِ
So it has no patience for shaving,
nor is it hurt by pricking.
وقالand he said ارضَيbe content بفُتيايَwith my legal ruling
وقال ارضَي بفُتيايَ
فلاso no بأسَharm بمُفتيكِin your mufti
فلا بأسَ بمُفتيكِ
And he said, ‘Accept my legal ruling;
there's no harm in your mufti.
أليسis it not النعلُthe sandal لمnot يُخلقbe made
أليس النعلُ لم يُخلق
لشيءٍfor anything غيرِother than تشريكِfitting with straps
لشيءٍ غيرِ تشريكِ
Wasn't the sandal made
for nothing but fitting it with straps?’
فشكَّتْso she doubted فيabout الذيwhat قالَhe said
فشكَّتْ في الذي قالَ
وقدand indeed جاءhe came بتشكيكِwith doubt-raising
وقد جاء بتشكيكِ
So she doubted what he said,
and he had raised doubts.
وقالتand she said طالماfor a long time قاسىhe endured
وقالت طالما قاسى
أخوناour brother طولlength of تدليكِrubbing
أخونا طول تدليكِ
And she said, ‘He has long endured—
our brother—prolonged rubbing.
فإنso if ملَّكتُهI gave him possession of نفسيmyself
فإن ملَّكتُه نفسي
فمحقوقٌthen he is entitled بتمليكِto being granted possession
فمحقوقٌ بتمليكِ
So if I give him possession of myself,
he is entitled to that possession.’
فماso not إنْindeed (emphasis) زالhe ceased يعلوهاhe mounted her
فما إنْ زال يعلوها
علىon تلكthose الدَّرانيكِthe thick-piled rugs
على تلك الدَّرانيكِ
And he kept mounting her
on those thick-piled rugs,
بتمريسwith kneading لثديينِof two breasts
بتمريس لثديينِ
مرينيْنِsupple بتفليكِwith rounding
مرينيْنِ بتفليكِ
kneading two breasts,
supple and rounded,
وتحكيكٍand rubbing لشُفرينِof two labia
وتحكيكٍ لشُفرينِ
حقيقينdeserving بتحكيكِof rubbing
حقيقين بتحكيكِ
and rubbing two labia
well deserving of rubbing,
ولَكْمٍand pummeling يكتسيis clothed الطيزُthe arse
ولَكْمٍ يكتسي الطيزُ
لهbecause of it حليةَan adornment of تتريكِmaking Turkish
له حليةَ تتريكِ
and pummeling that clothes the arse
in Turkish finery.
يكيلانthey both measure out بقُفزانٍwith qafīz measures
يكيلان بقُفزانٍ
ضخامٍhuge لاnot مكاكيكِmakkūk measures
ضخامٍ لا مكاكيكِ
They both mete it out by the qafīz,
in huge measures, not makkūks.
وإبليسand Iblis لهاfor her يدعوhe prays
وإبليس لها يدعو
وللشيخand for the sheikh بتبريكِwith blessing
وللشيخ بتبريكِ
And Iblis prays for her
and for the sheikh, invoking blessings.
Sol 6.1