ومهفهف يزهو علي بجيده

وبخصره وبردفه وبساقه

And a slender man flaunted his neck before me,

and his waist, his rump, and his leg.

وافى إلي وقلبه متخوف

كتخوف المعشوق من عشاقه

He came to me, his heart fearful,

as a beloved fears his lovers,

حتى إذا مددته وحللت عن

كفل مباح الحل بعد وثاقه

until, when I stretched him out and undid the bonds from

a rump permitted to be unbound after being tied,

وافت إلي أصنة من دبره

بخلاف ما قد فاح من أطواقه

stenches from his anus reached me,

unlike the scent that had wafted from his collars.

فأجبته ماذا فقال بحرقة

ودموعه تنهل من آماقه

So I answered him, ‘What is this?’ and he said in anguish,

and his tears streamed from the corners of his eyes:

هذا ابن بسطام أتاني طارقاً

بلطيف حيلته وحسن نفاقه

“This Ibn Bistam came to me at night,

with his subtle ruse and smooth hypocrisy.

وعلا على كفلي وبلغم مثقبي

برياله المنهل من أشداقه

And he mounted my rump and coated my hole with phlegm,

with his drool streaming from the corners of his mouth.

فبقى صنان رضابه في مثقبي

زمناً لحاه الله بعد فراقه

So the stench of his saliva lingered in my hole

for a time after his departure—may God curse him!

فالله يحرمه معيشته كما

قد سد مكسب مثقبي ببصاقه

So may God deprive him of his livelihood, just as

he has blocked my hole's earnings with his spit.”