لاdo not تَرثِpity لِاِبنِfor the son of الأَعمَشِal-Aʿmash الكَشخانِthe cuckold مِنbecause of
لا تَرثِ لِاِبنِ الأَعمَشِ الكَشخانِ مِن
رُخصِcheapness الإِجارَةِhire وَالبَغاءِand prostitution لَدَيهِat his place
رُخصِ الإِجارَةِ وَالبَغاءِ لَدَيهِ
Do not pity Ibn al-Aʿmash, the cuckold, for
Do not inherit the leniencies of rent and prostitution for the son of Al-A'mash the appraiser from him
the low price of hire and prostitution at his place.
Look at the son of two fornicators, you will find them both
أُنظُرlook إِلىat اِبنِthe son of الزانِيَينِthe two fornicators تَجِدهُماyou will find them both
أُنظُر إِلى اِبنِ الزانِيَينِ تَجِدهُما
قِرنَينِtwo rivals يَصطَرِعانِwrestling with each other فيin عَينَيهِhis two eyes
قِرنَينِ يَصطَرِعانِ في عَينَيهِ
Look at the son of the two fornicators: you will find them
A pair of horns butting into his eyes
two rivals wrestling in his eyes.
He blocked the way for the old procuress of Fiash
قَطَعَhe cut off الطَريقَthe way عَلىagainst فِياشِboasting عَجوزِهِhis old woman
قَطَعَ الطَريقَ عَلى فِياشِ عَجوزِهِ
وَأَمالَand turned وَفدَthe delegation of النايِكينَthe fuckers إِلَيهِtoward him
وَأَمالَ وَفدَ النايِكينَ إِلَيهِ
He stood in the way of his old woman’s boasting
And tilted the delegation of copulators towards him
and turned the delegation of fuckers toward himself.
I did not think of him, rather I thought
ماnot فِكرَتيmy thoughts فيهِof him وَلَكِنand yet فِكرَتيmy thoughts
ما فِكرَتي فيهِ وَلَكِن فِكرَتي
فيof أَيرِthe cock of جَيّافٍJayyāf يَقومُstands erect عَلَيهِover him
في أَيرِ جَيّافٍ يَقومُ عَلَيهِ
My thoughts are not of him; rather, my thoughts are
Of which dry wood he will be crucified on
of Jayyāf’s cock, standing erect over him.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1