بَسَطتُ لِعاشِقي الأَتراكِ عُذراً

بَسَطتُ لِعاشِقي الأَتراكِ عُذراً

فَلَستُ لَهُم عَذولاً بَل عَذيرا

فَلَستُ لَهُم عَذولاً بَل عَذيرا

I have set forth an excuse for the lovers of Turks;

I made excuses for my passionate Turks

So I do not reproach them; rather, I excuse them.

I'm not unforgiving, but forgiving

وَيُدمي البَطنَ إِن أَضحى صَغيراً

وَيُدمي البَطنَ إِن أَضحى صَغيراً

وَيَحمي الظَهرَ إِن أَمسى كَبيرا

وَيَحمي الظَهرَ إِن أَمسى كَبيرا

And he bloodies the belly if he is young,

It fills the belly if it becomes small

And protects the back if he is grown.

And it protects the back if it becomes big

وَيَبذُلُ يَومَ تَلبَسُهُ حَديداً

وَيَبذُلُ يَومَ تَلبَسُهُ حَديداً

وَيَمنَعُ يَومَ تَلبَسُهُ حَريرا

وَيَمنَعُ يَومَ تَلبَسُهُ حَريرا

And he gives freely on the day you clothe him in iron,

It gives on the day it wears iron

And withholds on the day you clothe him in silk.

And prevents on the day it wears silk

وَيُسمِعُهُ إِذا دَخَلا بُغماً

وَيُسمِعُهُ إِذا دَخَلا بُغماً

وَيُسمِعُهُ إِذا خَرَجا زَئيرا

وَيُسمِعُهُ إِذا خَرَجا زَئيرا

And he lets him hear a gazelle's cry when the two enter,

It listens when they enter depressed

And lets him hear a roar when the two go out.

And it listens when they exit screaming

يُرَبّيهِ عَلى الغَرَضَينِ فَاِفهَم

يُرَبّيهِ عَلى الغَرَضَينِ فَاِفهَم

فَإِنّي لا أُكاشِفُكَ الضَميرا

فَإِنّي لا أُكاشِفُكَ الضَميرا

He raises him for both purposes—understand!

It raises them on the two intentions, so understand

For I do not lay bare the hidden intent to you.

I do not reveal the conscience to you

فَإِن يَنشَط يُنَك طِفلاً غَريراً

فَإِن يَنشَط يُنَك طِفلاً غَريراً

وَإِن يَعجِز يَنِك شَيخاً كَبيرا

وَإِن يَعجِز يَنِك شَيخاً كَبيرا

If he is vigorous, the guileless child is fucked;

If it is active, it bucks you a playful foal

And if he is impotent, the child fucks an aged man.

And if it is incapable, it bucks you an old man

تَقَشَّفَ حينَ ناكَهُم ظِباءً

تَقَشَّفَ حينَ ناكَهُم ظِباءً

وَوَقتَ فُسوقِهِ ناكَ الحَميرا

وَوَقتَ فُسوقِهِ ناكَ الحَميرا

He lived austerely when he fucked them as gazelles;

It peeled off when their she-camels mounted them

And in his debauchery he fucked the donkeys.

And timed its debauchery, the donkeys mounted it

وَأَقبَلَ ظالِمٌ لا بَل ظَلامٌ

وَأَقبَلَ ظالِمٌ لا بَل ظَلامٌ

يَلومُ البَدرَ أَن عَشِقَ البُدورا

يَلومُ البَدرَ أَن عَشِقَ البُدورا

And a wrongdoer came—no, rather, darkness—

And a wrongdoer came, no but darkness

Blaming the full moon for loving full moons.

Blaming the full moon for falling in love with the full moons

وَقُلتُ فَكُنتُ عَنهُ لَهُ وَكيلا

وَقُلتُ فَكُنتُ عَنهُ لَهُ وَكيلا

مَلِيّاً بِالَّذي يُملي خَبيرا

مَلِيّاً بِالَّذي يُملي خَبيرا

And I spoke, acting on his behalf as his advocate,

And I said, so I was its attorney for it

Fully capable and versed in what he dictates.

Dictating what the Expert dictates

يَلوطُ بِهِ صَغيراً ثُمَّ يَجفو

يَلوطُ بِهِ صَغيراً ثُمَّ يَجفو

إِذا ما الدَهرُ أَلبَسَهُ القَتيرا

إِذا ما الدَهرُ أَلبَسَهُ القَتيرا

He sodomizes him while young, then shuns him

It plays with it young then ignores it

When time clothes him in gray hair.

When time makes it wear rags

فَذَر كُلَّ البِغا شَيخاً كَبيرا

فَذَر كُلَّ البِغا شَيخاً كَبيرا

فَتَلقى عِندَهُ فَرَجاً كَبيرا

فَتَلقى عِندَهُ فَرَجاً كَبيرا

So abandon all whoring when you are an aged man;

So let every hater be an old man

Then you will find great relief in that.

And find with it a wide relief