أيهاO you الشاتميَّthose who revile me فيat كلevery حينٍmoment
أيها الشاتميَّ في كل حينٍ
يتحدَّوننيthey challenge me وكلِّand every أوانِtime
يتحدَّونني وكلِّ أوانِ
O you who revile me at every moment,
O you who reproach me at all times,
Challenging me at every hour:
Challenging me whenever you can,
أنتُمyou (plural) معشرٌa group غُررتُمْyou were deceived بأيريby my cock
أنتُم معشرٌ غُررتُمْ بأيري
وجهلتمand you did not know منof القوافيrhymes مكانيmy standing
وجهلتم من القوافي مكاني
You are a band deceived by my cock,
You are a group that was deceived by Iyri,
And you knew nothing of my standing in rhyme.
And you do not know the proper place for rhyme.
أناI شيخٌan old man أنيكI fuck أمَّthe mother of مُهاجيْsatirist (word continues)
أنا شيخٌ أنيك أمَّ مُهاجيْ
يَmy (suffix completing the preceding word) وأَفْريand I slash أديمَهُhis hide بلسانيwith my tongue
يَ وأَفْري أديمَهُ بلساني
I am an old man who fucks my satirist's mother
I am an old man who mounts the mothers of my opponents,
And slashes his hide with my tongue.
And tears their garments with my tongue.
لستُI am not أنفكceasing نائكاًfucking حينwhen أهجيI lampoon
لستُ أنفك نائكاً حين أهجي
مَنْwhoever هجانيlampooned me وأمَّهُand his mother فيin مكانone place
مَنْ هجاني وأمَّهُ في مكان
I never cease fucking when I lampoon
I do not cease to moan when I satirize,
The man who lampooned me, and his mother together.
Those who satirize me and their mothers too.
أمُّthe mother of منwhomever شئتُI choose منamong أَعاديَّmy enemies ظهرa back; a mount
أمُّ من شئتُ من أَعاديَّ ظهر
أمتطيهI mount it بقُدرةِby the power of الشيطانSatan
أمتطيه بقُدرةِ الشيطان
The mother of whichever enemy I choose is a mount
I mount the mother of anyone I wish of my enemies,
I ride by Satan's power,
With the power of Satan.
لاnot بمالٍthrough wealth ولاnor بفضلby the excellence of جمالٍbeauty
لا بمالٍ ولا بفضل جمالٍ
بلrather بجَدٍّthrough good fortune وحظوةٍand favor فيamong الزوانيwomen who fornicate
بل بجَدٍّ وحظوةٍ في الزواني
Not through wealth or exceptional beauty,
Not with money or the merit of beauty,
But through luck and favor among whores.
But with seriousness and favor among women.
ولقدand indeed أَخلقَhas worn out الزمانُtime شبابيmy youth
ولقد أَخلقَ الزمانُ شبابي
غيرexcept أيريmy cock فإنهfor indeed it كالسِّنانlike a spearhead
غير أيري فإنه كالسِّنان
Time has indeed worn my youth threadbare,
Time has made my youth unlike Iyri's,
Except my cock, for it is like a spearhead.
For his is like teeth.
فمنso whoever ارتابَdoubted أوor تَمارىdisputed بقوليabout my words
فمن ارتابَ أو تَمارى بقولي
منamong عدوan enemy فشأنهthen it is his affair وامتحانيand testing me
من عدو فشأنه وامتحاني
So whoever doubts or disputes my words
So whoever doubts or contends my words,
Among my enemies—let him set about testing me,
Whether foe, that is his way and trial.
سائلاasking خالداًKhalid بأنباءabout the news of أيريmy cock
سائلا خالداً بأنباء أيري
وأباand Abu (father of) يوسفٍYusuf فقدfor indeed مارسانيthey both have experienced me
وأبا يوسفٍ فقد مارساني
Asking Khalid for news of my cock,
Asking Khaled about the news of Iyri,
And Abu Yusuf, for both have had experience of me.
And Abu Yusuf, for they have experienced me.
نِكتI fucked أُمَّيهماboth their mothers وماand not زلتُI ceased قدماًlong since
نِكت أُمَّيهما وما زلتُ قدماً
بالأعاديover enemies مظفَّرvictorious الجُرذانthe cock
بالأعادي مظفَّر الجُرذان
I fucked both their mothers, and have long been
I penetrated their mothers and I remain always,
Triumphant over my enemies with my cock.
Victorious over enemies like crawling insects.
ولئنand even if نكتُI fucked أمهاتِthe mothers of رجالٍmen
ولئن نكتُ أمهاتِ رجالٍ
فلماyet certainly not مذهبيmy way بمذهبِthe way of زانa fornicator
فلما مذهبي بمذهبِ زان
And though I have fucked men's mothers,
And if I penetrate the mothers of men,
Yet my way is not a fornicator's way.
It is not because of my doctrine of adultery.
غيرexcept أنيthat I امرؤٌa man وإنand even if كنتُI am شيخاًan old man
غير أني امرؤٌ وإن كنتُ شيخاً
ليسnot ينفكescapes; breaks free شاعرٌa poet قدalready هجانيhas lampooned me
ليس ينفك شاعرٌ قد هجاني
But I am a man, though I am old:
Rather I am a man, even if I am old,
No poet who has lampooned me ever escapes.
A poet cannot cease when satirized.
فإذاso when ماemphatic particle شتمتُI insult أمَّthe mother of مهاجٍa satirist
فإذا ما شتمتُ أمَّ مهاجٍ
لمdid not أنكهاI fuck her خشيتُI feared قذفَslandering حصانa chaste woman
لم أنكها خشيتُ قذفَ حصان
So if I insult a satirist's mother
So when I insult the mother of an opponent,
Without having fucked her, I fear slandering a chaste woman.
I do not shy from accusing a horse.
فأرىso I think أنthat أنيكهاI fuck her ثمthen أرميI accuse
فأرى أن أنيكها ثم أرمي
هاher بماof what قدalready شهدتُهI witnessed it بالعيانwith my own eyes
ها بما قد شهدتُه بالعيان
So I think I should fuck her, then accuse
I see that I should penetrate her and then throw
Her of what I have witnessed with my own eyes.
Her with what I have witnessed with my eyes.
فاعذرونيso excuse me فإنماfor only أناI شيخan old man
فاعذروني فإنما أنا شيخ
أفتديI ransom myself بالزناthrough fornication منfrom البُهتانslander
أفتدي بالزنا من البُهتان
So excuse me, for I am merely an old man
So forgive me, for I am an old man,
Ransoming myself from slander through fornication.
Who redeems himself from slander through adultery.
Sol 6.1