منع المخنث أحمدٌ

منع المخنث أحمدٌ

قَسِّي عمارةَ ديرِهِ

قَسِّي عمارةَ ديرِهِ

The effeminate Ahmad barred

Ahmad the effeminate poet is forbidden

my priest from tending his monastery,

To rebuild the monastery of his faith

تِيهاً بأن مَلَك الحِما

تِيهاً بأن مَلَك الحِما

ر عدمتُ قلة خيره

ر عدمتُ قلة خيره

out of pride at owning the donke-

Wandering in the belief that the king of donkeys

y—may I be spared his stinginess!

Is lacking in goodness

وأظنُّ بالمأبون ظنْ

وأظنُّ بالمأبون ظنْ

ناً لا أظن بغيره

ناً لا أظن بغيره

And of the passive sodomite I have a suspi-

And I suspect the ill-omened one, with suspicion

cion I have of no one else:

I would suspect no other

ما تاهَ أن ملك الحِما

ما تاهَ أن ملك الحِما

ر بل استعفّ بأيره

ر بل استعفّ بأيره

He was not proud of owning the donke-

He did not lose his way, thinking the king of donkeys

y; rather, he sought chastity with its cock.

But excused himself for his defect