1. أظن ودادها من غير نية

    وهل هي فيه إلا مدعيه

    I think her affection is without true intent;

    and in that, is she anything but a pretender?

  2. فتاة لا تمل عذاب قلبي

    ولا تخليه وقتاً من أذيه

    A young woman who never tires of tormenting my heart,

    and never leaves it free of hurt for a moment.

  3. ولا ذنب له إلا التوافي

    لمن في الحب ليست بالوفيه

    And it has no fault but keeping tryst

    with one who is not faithful in love.

  4. ويعجبني التمنع والتشاجي

    من الخود الممنعة الشجيه

    And I delight in coy refusal and feigned sorrow

    from the tender maiden, guarded and lovelorn.

  5. فوا أسفاً على حر يعزي

    أخا رزء على عظم الرزيه

    So, alas for a vulva that consoles

    one stricken by loss over the enormity of his calamity.

  6. وذلك أن إيري فيه رطل

    وما في حرها إلا وقيه

    And that is because my penis weighs a ratl,

    while her vulva holds only an uqiyya.

  7. ومن بعث المدام فليس بد

    ولاتك غير بكر بابليه

    And by the one who sent forth wine, there is no alternative:

    and let it be none but a Babylonian virgin.

  8. فثم هناك حر شافعي

    عظيم الشأن واست مالكيه

    For there is a Shafi‘i vulva,

    great in stature, and a Maliki anus.

  9. ونفسي غير مائلة إليها

    لأحوال مقبحة بذيه

    And my soul is not inclined toward her,

    because of disgraceful, obscene ways.

  10. أحب دنوها وتحب قربي

    وهذا لا يكون بلا بليه

    I love her nearness, and she loves mine,

    and this cannot be without an affliction.

  11. وما لاقيتها إلا تلاقى

    مبالانا بإسقاط التقيه

    And whenever I met her, there came together

    our two urinary openings, with dissimulation cast aside.

  12. وهذا الرأي لا رأي سواه

    فلا تحفل بأقوال الرعيه

    And this is the view; there is no view besides it,

    so pay no heed to what the subjects say.

  13. ولا عيش سوى تقليب بظر

    وثقب من صبي أو صبيه

    And there is no life but fondling a clitoris

    and an orifice of a young man or a young woman,

  14. على أن أقول بكل شيء

    سوى نيك العجوز القذمليه

    though I advocate everything

    except fucking the squat old woman.

  15. ولا ألوي على أحد يراني

    بعين النقص والحال الدنيه

    And I pay no heed to anyone who sees me

    as deficient and of lowly station.

  16. ومن نال العلاء حجاً ومجداً

    وأفعالاً مهذبة سنيه

    And he who attained eminence in wisdom and glory

    and in refined, lofty deeds—

  17. تشابه خلقه والخلق حسناً

    وحسبك بالنفاسة والسجيه

    his outward form and character match in beauty;

    and his excellence and innate nature suffice you.

  18. تشاهد منه طوداً مشمخراً

    وأفعال الملوك الكسرويه

    You behold in him a towering mountain

    and the Khosrow-like deeds of kings.

  19. له أقلام كيف يشاء تجري

    بتأييد القضاء بالمشيه

    He has pens that run as he wishes,

    with fate's support, in accordance with his will.

  20. كأن اللفظ في القرطاس زهر

    تفتح عن معان معنويه

    As though the words upon the paper were blossoms

    that opened to reveal abstract meanings.