ياO أباAbu (father of) حفصHafs المُعَيbeginning of 'the taunter'
يا أبا حفص المُعَي
يرending of 'the taunter' بالأبنةfor a craving for passive sodomy الحدَرْthe stocky fellow
ير بالأبنة الحدَرْ
O Abu Hafs, you who taunt
O Abu Hafs al-Mu'ai,
the stocky fellow for craving passive sodomy,
Do not mock those afflicted with misfortune,
لاdo not تُعيِّرreproach ذويthose possessing البلاbeginning of 'affliction'
لا تُعيِّر ذوي البلا
ءِending of 'affliction' بهfor it واحذرِand beware الغِيرْreversals of fortune
ءِ به واحذرِ الغِيرْ
do not reproach those afflicted
And beware of others.
for it, and beware reversals of fortune.
If what you mentioned about me is true,
إنif يكنthere is فيّin me ماwhat ذكرmentioned (verb stem)
إن يكن فيّ ما ذكر
تَyou (verb ending) وقدand perhaps يكذبُis false الخبرْthe report
تَ وقد يكذبُ الخبرْ
If there is in me what you have
Though news can be false,
mentioned—though the report may be false—
Then you have been afflicted by my troubles and fate.
فعلىthen upon رأسكyour head ابتليwas afflicted (verb stem)
فعلى رأسك ابتلي
تُI (verb ending) بدائيwith my malady معtogether with القدرْfate
تُ بدائي مع القدرْ
then, because of your head, I was afflicted
Whoever sees your narrow forehead
with my malady, with fate contributing too.
Will not desire riches.
منwhoever يرىsees رأسكyour head الصقيbeginning of 'the polished'
من يرى رأسك الصقي
لَending of 'the polished' فلاthen does not يشتهيdesire الكَمرْthe heads of penises
لَ فلا يشتهي الكَمرْ
Whoever sees your head, so polished,
I have always been chaste towards it,
has no desire for the heads of penises.
Neither touching nor looking,
لمdid not يزلcease بيwith me تنزُّهيmy enjoyment
لم يزل بي تنزُّهي
فيهin it باللمسthrough touch والنظرْand sight
فيه باللمس والنظرْ
My delight never left me,
Without desiring
in it, through touch and sight,
What most mortals covet.
دونbefore أنthat صرتُI came to be أشتهيI desire
دون أن صرتُ أشتهي
بعضsome of ماwhat يشتهيdesire البشرْhuman beings
بعض ما يشتهي البشرْ
before I came to desire
some of what human beings desire.
Partial English translation: 12 of 14 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1