قلتI said لخودto a fair young woman ضفتُهاI was her guest مرةًonce
قلت لخود ضفتُها مرةً
منfrom أهلthe family of بيتa house الشرفnobility الأرفعِthe loftiest
من أهل بيت الشرف الأرفعِ
I said to a fair young woman whose guest I once was,
I said to her soft cheek once
one from a house of the loftiest nobility—
Of a most noble family
وقدand indeed بدتappeared ساقa calf لهاof hers خَدلَةٌplump
وقد بدت ساق لها خَدلَةٌ
كأنماas though تمشيshe walks علىon خروعcastor plants
كأنما تمشي على خروع
a plump calf of hers had come into view,
Her ankle revealed itself bare
as though she walked on castor stalks;
As though walking on tender plants
يتبعهاfollows her ردفa rump لهاof hers راجحٌheavy
يتبعها ردف لها راجحٌ
يثوخsinks فيهاinto her أكثرُmost of الإصبعthe finger
يثوخ فيها أكثرُ الإصبع
a heavy rump of hers followed behind,
With ample buttocks following
and most of a finger would sink into her—
Where fingers sink to grip
ياO ربةmistress of المنزلthe house هلdo عندكمyou have
يا ربة المنزل هل عندكم
منany مطعمfood للزبfor the cock أوor مطمعsomething tempting
من مطعم للزب أو مطمع
“O mistress of the house, have you
Mistress of the house, have you
any food for the cock, or anything to tempt it?”
Food to swell the penis or entice?
قالتshe said علىon كمhow many أنتyou منof شُعبةٍa branch
قالت على كم أنت من شُعبةٍ
فقلتso I said قولthe words of القائلthe speaker الأروعkeen-witted
فقلت قول القائل الأروع
She said, “On how many branches do you stand?”
She said, to what lineage do you belong?
So I replied in a keen-witted speaker’s words:
I said, the most eloquent speech
علىon ثلاثthree ضيفكمyour guest قائماًstanding upright
على ثلاث ضيفكم قائماً
فهلso will تقومونyou stand علىon أربعfour
فهل تقومون على أربع
“Your guest stands upright on three;
With three, your guest rises
will you then stand on all fours?”
Can you take on four?
قالتshe said نعمyes واللهby God ياO دافنيmy burier
قالت نعم والله يا دافني
وصائنيand my protector عنfrom ذلةthe humiliation of المصرعbeing laid low
وصائني عن ذلة المصرع
She said, “Yes, by God, O my burier
She said yes, by God, immerse me
and my protector from the shame of being laid low!
And ignore the humiliation of the grave
نحنwe أصحّاءُhealthy بلاwithout علةٍan ailment
نحن أصحّاءُ بلا علةٍ
فماso what لناhave we الآنnow وللمضجعand with the bed
فما لنا الآن وللمضجع
We are healthy, without any ailment,
We are healthy, without affliction
so what have we now to do with a bed?”
So why think of bed now?
قلتI said لقدindeed قلتyou have spoken ألاcome now فافعليso do it
قلت لقد قلت ألا فافعلي
فأيand what a ردفrump ثَمَّthere لمnot yet تُشرَعlaid open
فأي ردف ثَمَّ لم تُشرَع
I said, “You have indeed spoken—come, do it!”
I said come, let's act
And what a rump was there, not yet laid open!
What buttocks then did not open wide?
ردفa rump إذاwhen لاقاكit meets you مستهدفاًpresented as a target
ردف إذا لاقاك مستهدفاً
قالتsaid لهto him الشهوةdesire قمrise فادفعthen thrust
قالت له الشهوة قم فادفع
A rump—when it meets you, presented as a target,
Buttocks, if met with intent
desire says to him, “Rise and thrust!”
Say to it, rise and penetrate
فلمso I did not أزلcease أشفيsoothe حراراتِهاher burning desires
فلم أزل أشفي حراراتِها
بمثلwith something like رأسthe head of الرجلthe man الأصلعbald
بمثل رأس الرجل الأصلع
So I kept soothing her burning desires
I did not stop inflaming her passions
with something like a bald man’s head.
With the head of the penis, smooth and bare
وخيرُand the best of ماwhat تقريكهshe serves it to you as hospitality حرَّةٌa freeborn woman
وخيرُ ما تقريكه حرَّةٌ
أنto تدخلyou insert الأصلعthe bald one فيinto الأفلعthe wide-cleft one
أن تدخل الأصلع في الأفلع
And the best hospitality a freeborn woman offers you
The best that penetrates the free woman
is to put the bald one into the wide-cleft one.
Is to insert the bald man in the hairy one
نعمhow fine القرىthe hospitality ذاكthat ولكنهbut it
نعم القرى ذاك ولكنه
يصلحsuits للشبعانthe sated لاnot الجوعthe hungry
يصلح للشبعان لا الجوع
Fine hospitality, that—but it
That is good intercourse, but
suits the sated, not the hungry.
It suits the sated, not the hungry
أحسبهاI think she is أمthe mother of الفتىthe young man مدركMudrik
أحسبها أم الفتى مدرك
خطيبthe orator of أهلthe people of الأدبliterature المِصقعeloquent
خطيب أهل الأدب المِصقع
I think she is the mother of the young man Mudrik,
I reckon her the lad's mother
the eloquent orator of the men of letters.
Suitor of the refined literary folk
تلكthat woman التيwho لوif عدلتturned aside فيشتيmy cockhead
تلك التي لو عدلت فيشتي
عنaway from خرقهاher hole الواسعwide لمnot يرقعbe patched
عن خرقها الواسع لم يرقع
That is the woman: if my cockhead turned aside
She, if she straightened her torn robe
from her wide hole, it would go unpatched.
Its gaping would not be darned
سوفwill يرىsee الديوثthe shameless pander منfrom ذاthis غداtomorrow
سوف يرى الديوث من ذا غدا
يَخزَىhe is disgraced ويَلقىand he encounters الذلhumiliation فيin المجمعthe assembly
يَخزَى ويَلقى الذل في المجمع
Tomorrow the shameless pander will see what this brings:
The cuckold will see tomorrow
he will be disgraced and meet humiliation in the assembly.
Shamed and humiliated in the throng
قدindeed كانhe would have been لولاwere it not أنهthat he was حائنdoomed
قد كان لولا أنه حائن
فيin منظرsight’s reach عنيaway from me وفيand in مسمعhearing’s reach
في منظر عني وفي مسمع
Had he not been doomed, he would have been
Had I not been her passionate lover
out of my sight and out of my hearing.
In her gaze and hearing
Sol 6.1