أَكثِري أَو فَأَقِلّي

أَكثِري أَو فَأَقِلّي

قَد مَلَلناكِ فَمَلّي

قَد مَلَلناكِ فَمَلّي

Do more, or else do less;

More or less, we are bored of you,

Speak at length or speak but little,

we have tired of you, so grow weary.

So leave us be and depart!

We have tired of you, so tire of us.

ما إِلى حُبِّكِ عَودٌ

ما إِلى حُبِّكِ عَودٌ

ما دَعا اللَهُ مُصَلّي

ما دَعا اللَهُ مُصَلّي

There is no return to loving you,

No longing remains for your love,

To your love there is no returning,

as long as a worshipper calls on God.

Nor does God call one to pray to you.

So long as a worshipper prays to God.

قَد وَهَبناكِ لَعَمري

قَد وَهَبناكِ لَعَمري

وَتَصَدَّقنا بِحَملِ

وَتَصَدَّقنا بِحَملِ

We have given you away, by my life,

We granted you, by my life,

By my life, we have given you away,

and given away a burden in charity.

And were charitable with a burden.

And offered such a burden as charity.

لَم يَكُن مِثلُكِ لَولا

لَم يَكُن مِثلُكِ لَولا

سَفَهِ الرَأيِ هَوىً لي

سَفَهِ الرَأيِ هَوىً لي

One like you would never have been—were it not

None would be like you, had it not been

Someone like you would never be my love,

for foolish judgment—a love of mine.

For the foolishness of my passion for you.

Save for the foolishness of my judgment.

أَيُّها السائِلُ عَنها

أَيُّها السائِلُ عَنها

اِسمَعِ اللَفظَ المُحَلّي

اِسمَعِ اللَفظَ المُحَلّي

O you who ask about her,

O you who ask about her,

O you who asks regarding her,

listen to the words that describe her.

Listen to my frank description:

Hear the words that paint her true:

شَخصُها شَخصٌ قَبيحٌ

شَخصُها شَخصٌ قَبيحٌ

وَلَها وَجهٌ مُوَلّي

وَلَها وَجهٌ مُوَلّي

Her figure is an ugly figure,

Her figure is ugly,

Her figure is a figure most foul,

and she has a face that drives one away.

And she has a twisted face.

And she possesses a repulsive face.

وَخَفَت عَن كُلِّ عَينٍ

وَخَفَت عَن كُلِّ عَينٍ

وَخَفَت عَن كُلِّ دَلِّ

وَخَفَت عَن كُلِّ دَلِّ

And she has faded from every eye,

She is hidden from every eye,

She is dim to every gazing eye,

and faded from all coquettish charm.

And concealed from every guide.

And devoid of every feminine grace.

وَلَها ثَغرٌ كَأَنَّ ال

وَلَها ثَغرٌ كَأَنَّ ال

لاهَ غَشّاهُ بِكُحلِ

لاهَ غَشّاهُ بِكُحلِ

And she has a mouth as though

She has a mouth as if

She has a mouth that looks as though

God had coated it with kohl.

God had covered it in kohl.

God has smothered it in black kohl;

تَصِفُ النَكهَةَ مِنها

تَصِفُ النَكهَةَ مِنها

جَيفَةً في يَومِ طَلِّ

جَيفَةً في يَومِ طَلِّ

You would describe her breath

You describe enjoyment from her

You would describe the breath of her

as a carcass on a dewy day.

As a rotting corpse on a barren day,

As rotting carrion on a humid day.

وَتُفَلّي حينَ تَلقا

وَتُفَلّي حينَ تَلقا

كَ لِتَحظى بِالتَفَلّي

كَ لِتَحظى بِالتَفَلّي

And she picks lice when she meets

And she spits when she meets

She picks at lice when she meets you,

you, to win favor through delousing.

To gain the spit.

Just to take delight in the picking.

رِدفُها طَستٌ وَلَكِن

رِدفُها طَستٌ وَلَكِن

بَطنُها زُكرَةُ خَلِّ

بَطنُها زُكرَةُ خَلِّ

Her rump is a basin, and yet

Her behind is a bowl, but

Her backside is like a metal tub, yet

her belly is a wineskin of vinegar.

Her belly is a bladder of vinegar.

Her belly is a wineskin of vinegar.

اِشهَدوا أَنّي بَريءٌ

اِشهَدوا أَنّي بَريءٌ

مِن هَواها مُتَخَلّي

مِن هَواها مُتَخَلّي

Bear witness that I am free

Bear witness that I am innocent

Bear witness that I am innocent,

from love for her, having renounced it.

Of passion for her, absolved!

And from her love, completely free.