ودَّ المبردُ أنّ الله بدَّلهُ

ودَّ المبردُ أنّ الله بدَّلهُ

من كلّ جارحةٍ في جسمهِ دُبُرا

من كلّ جارحةٍ في جسمهِ دُبُرا

Al-Mubarrad wished that God would give him

Al-Mubarrad wished that God would change

an anus in place of every organ in his body.

Every part of his body into a vagina

فأعطِهِ يا إله الناس مُنْيتهُ

فأعطِهِ يا إله الناس مُنْيتهُ

ولا تُبقِّ له سمعاً وبصرا

ولا تُبقِّ له سمعاً وبصرا

So grant him, O God of mankind, his wish,

So grant him, O God of mankind, his wish

and leave him neither hearing nor sight,

And leave him no hearing or sight

لكي يُقضِّي أوطاراً مُذمَّمةً

لكي يُقضِّي أوطاراً مُذمَّمةً

من كل عَرْدٍ ترى في رأسه عُجرا

من كل عَرْدٍ ترى في رأسه عُجرا

so he may satisfy his shameful desires

So he may spend dark, gloomy days

with every stiff penis on whose head you see knobs.

With every penis you see on a head, uncirumcised

بل لو يكون له ضِعفا جوارحِهِ

بل لو يكون له ضِعفا جوارحِهِ

من الفِقاح لما قضّى بها وطرا

من الفِقاح لما قضّى بها وطرا

Nay, even if he had twice the number of his bodily organs

Rather, if he had double his body parts

in anuses, he would not satisfy a single desire with them.

Of shamelessness, he still wouldn't be sated

هيهاتَ ثمّ غليلٌ لا شفاءَ لهُ

هيهاتَ ثمّ غليلٌ لا شفاءَ لهُ

أو يُجْعَل الكلُّ منه فَقْحةً وحِرا

أو يُجْعَل الكلُّ منه فَقْحةً وحِرا

Far from it! There is a burning thirst for which no cure exists,

Alas, his sickness has no cure

unless all of him is made an anus and a vulva.

Or else make his whole body an ulcer and boil