ليتني ليتَ ليتني

ليتني ليتَ ليتني

فوق شَفريكِ أبهرُه

فوق شَفريكِ أبهرُه

If only I—if only, if only I—

I wish, I wish, I wish

Oh, how I wish, I wish, I wish,

were above your labia, exhausting it,

I would dazzle above your eyelids

To be above your lips, overwhelming them,

مُلصَقاً فوق فوقهِ

مُلصَقاً فوق فوقهِ

أبداً لا أفَتّرُه

أبداً لا أفَتّرُه

pressed close above, above it,

Stuck right above, right above

Pressed close, right on top of it,

never letting it slacken.

Never parting forever

Never letting it go slack,

وأنا ثمّ ثمّ ثم

وأنا ثمّ ثمّ ثم

على ذاكَ أُعصّره

على ذاكَ أُعصّره

And I—there, there, there—

And I, still, still, still

While I am there, and there, and there,

upon that, squeezing it hard,

Would wring myself out over that

Squeezing it down upon that,

بصُمُلِّ مقددِّ

بصُمُلِّ مقددِّ

أعجر الرأسِ أقشره

أعجر الرأسِ أقشره

with a hard, sinewy shaft,

With a strong grip

With a stout, hardened shaft,

bulbous-headed—I strip it bare—

The nape of the wrinkled head I would peel

Thick-headed and bare-skinned,

مُحكَمِ الأمرِ ضَيغم

مُحكَمِ الأمرِ ضَيغم

صائبٍ حين أصدرُه

صائبٍ حين أصدرُه

firm in action, a lion,

With determined command I would forge

Firm in command, a lion,

hitting its mark when I send it forth,

Achieving when I undertake

Striking true as I drive it forth,

فأنالُ الذي كذا

فأنالُ الذي كذا

كنتُ في الجوفِ أضمرُه

كنتُ في الجوفِ أضمرُه

so I might attain what, thus,

What I had harbored inside

So that I attain what—just so—

I had kept hidden deep within.

I have been harboring deep inside.