أَسَدٌAsad غلاميmy boy كَعْبَةُKaaba الكَمَرِpenis-heads
أَسَدٌ غلامي كَعْبَةُ الكَمَرِ
أسدٌAsad غلافُsheath فياشِلpenis-heads البشرhumankind
أسدٌ غلافُ فياشِل البشر
Asad, my boy, is the Kaaba of penis-heads.
My lion, like the swelling grapevines,
Asad is the sheath for men's penis-heads.
My lion, decorator of empty deserts,
أسدٌAsad مطيةُmount كلِّevery مغتلمٍlustful man
أسدٌ مطيةُ كلِّ مغتلمٍ
أسدٌAsad حمارُdonkey البدوِnomads والحضرand townsfolk
أسدٌ حمارُ البدوِ والحضر
Asad is the mount of every lustful man.
My lion, mount of every wronged one,
Asad is the donkey of nomads and townsfolk.
My lion, donkey of nomad and settled folk,
أسدٌAsad طريقُroad السوقِthe market يسلكهtravels it
أسدٌ طريقُ السوقِ يسلكه
مَنْwhoever شاءَwishes فيin الرَّوْحَاتِthe afternoons والبُكَرand early mornings
مَنْ شاءَ في الرَّوْحَاتِ والبُكَر
Asad is the market road, traveled
My lion, path of the market he walks
by whoever wishes, in the afternoons and early mornings.
Whoever wants in the resting places and spots,
أسدAsad كبابِlike the door الخانِthe caravanserai يطرقهknock at it
أسد كبابِ الخانِ يطرقه
طُرَّاقُهُits callers زُمَراًin groups علىupon زُمَرِgroups
طُرَّاقُهُ زُمَراً على زُمَرِ
Asad is like the caravanserai's door, knocked upon
My lion, like the inn’s gate he knocks,
by its callers, group upon group.
Its knocker assembles crowds over crowds,
أسدAsad كَبُرْجَاسِlike a target الرماةِthe archers جرتhave sped
أسد كَبُرْجَاسِ الرماةِ جرت
فيهin him سهامُarrows التركِthe Turks والخَزَرand the Khazars
فيه سهامُ التركِ والخَزَر
Asad is like the archers' target: there have sped
My lion, like the archers’ keep missiles flew
through him the arrows of the Turks and Khazars.
In it, arrows of Turk and Khazar,
أسدAsad إجارتهhis hiring-out تجارتُهُhis trade
أسد إجارته تجارتُهُ
إنindeed الإجارةhiring out شرُّthe worst متَّجرbusiness
إن الإجارة شرُّ متَّجر
Asad—his trade is hiring himself out.
My lion, his rental is his trade
Indeed, hiring out is the worst business.
Rental is the evilest of trades,
كالبحرِlike the sea إلاexcept فيin مخالفةِdifference الthe
كالبحرِ إلا في مخالفةِ ال
حيتانfish فيin الألوانِcolors والصورand shapes
حيتان في الألوانِ والصور
Like the sea, except that the—
Like the sea except in avoiding
fish differ in their colors and shapes.
Whales in colors and shapes,
مِصْلاةُa snare أيرٍa cock أينماwherever نصبتْit is set
مِصْلاةُ أيرٍ أينما نصبتْ
للأيرfor the cock فازتْit wins منهfrom it بالظفرwith victory
للأير فازتْ منه بالظفر
A snare for a cock: wherever it is set
The prayer of pilgrims wherever performed
for the cock, it wins victory over it.
The pilgrims won victory over it,
لوif أنthat عينكyour eye أبصرتsaw أسداًAsad
لو أن عينك أبصرت أسداً
أبصرتَyou would see منin أسدٍAsad عمىblindness البصرsight
أبصرتَ من أسدٍ عمى البصر
If your eye were to see Asad,
If your eye saw a lion,
you would see in Asad the blinding of sight.
You saw blindness of sight from a lion,
متمدداًstretched out للوجهface down تندِفُهُcard him الthe
متمدداً للوجه تندِفُهُ ال
أعرادُerect cocks نَدْفَcarding القطنِcotton بالوترwith a bowstring
أعرادُ نَدْفَ القطنِ بالوتر
Stretched out face down, he is carded by the—
Lying on his face, slapped
erect cocks, as cotton is carded with a bowstring.
By the plagues, slaps of cotton by spindle,
تستنُّthey race جائيةcoming وذاهبةًand going
تستنُّ جائية وذاهبةً
فيin مبعرan anus كمباعرِlike the anuses of البقرcattle
في مبعر كمباعرِ البقر
They race, coming and going,
Waiting coming and going,
in an anus like the anuses of cattle,
In a pasture like cows’ pastures,
وتظلand they keep داخلةًentering وخارجةًand coming out
وتظل داخلةً وخارجةً
كالثوبlike cloth حينwhen يُخاطُit is sewn بالإبرwith needles
كالثوب حين يُخاطُ بالإبر
and keep entering and coming out,
And remaining entering and exiting
like cloth when it is sewn with needles.
Like a garment when sewn by needle,
Sol 6.1