أَصبَحَhas become الحَبلُthe cord مِنwith سَلاSalā- (name fragment)
أَصبَحَ الحَبلُ مِن سَلا
مَةَ-ma (completes Salāma) رَثّاًfrayed مُجَذَّذاcut apart
مَةَ رَثّاً مُجَذَّذا
The cord linking me to Salāma has become
frayed and cut apart.
حَبَّذاhow lovely أَنتِyou (feminine) ياO سَلاSalā- (name fragment)
حَبَّذا أَنتِ يا سَلا
مَةُ-ma (completes Salāma) أَلفَينِtwo thousand times حَبَّذاhow lovely
مَةُ أَلفَينِ حَبَّذا
How lovely you are, O Salāma—
two thousand times, how lovely!
ثُمَّthen ألفَينِtwo thousand مُضعَفَيdoubled (word begins)
ثُمَّ ألفَينِ مُضعَفَي
نِcompletion of 'doubled' وَأَلفَينِand two thousand هَكَذاjust so
نِ وَأَلفَينِ هَكَذا
Then two thousand, doubled,
and two thousand more, just so.
فيin صَميمِthe very depths of الأَحشاءِthe entrails مِنof
في صَميمِ الأَحشاءِ مِن
نيme وَفيand in القَلبِthe heart قَدindeed حَذاhas stung
ني وَفي القَلبِ قَد حَذا
Deep within my entrails,
and in my heart, it has stung
حَذوَةًa sting مِنof صَبابَةٍpassionate longing
حَذوَةً مِن صَبابَةٍ
تَرَكَتهُleft it مُفَلَّذاcut to pieces
تَرَكَتهُ مُفَلَّذا
with a sting of passionate longing
that left it cut to pieces.
أَشتَهيI crave مِنكِfrom you (feminine) مِنكِfrom you (feminine) مِنfrom
أَشتَهي مِنكِ مِنكِ مِن
كِyou (feminine) مَكاناًa place مُجَنبَذاdome-shaped
كِ مَكاناً مُجَنبَذا
I crave from you, from you, from
you, a dome-shaped place,
مُفعَماًbulging فيat قُبالَةٍthe front
مُفعَماً في قُبالَةٍ
بَينَbetween رُكنَينِtwo pillars رَبَّذاquivering
بَينَ رُكنَينِ رَبَّذا
bulging at the front,
between two pillars, quivering;
مُدغَماًtucked in ذاhaving مَناكِبٍshoulders
مُدغَماً ذا مَناكِبٍ
حَسَنَbeautiful in القَدِّproportion مُحتَذاtaken as a model
حَسَنَ القَدِّ مُحتَذا
tucked in, with shoulders,
finely proportioned, a model to follow;
رابِياًswelling ذاhaving مَجَسَّةٍa tactile surface
رابِياً ذا مَجَسَّةٍ
أَخنَساًsnub-nosed قَدalready تَقَنفَذاcurled up like a hedgehog
أَخنَساً قَد تَقَنفَذا
swelling, substantial to the touch,
snub-nosed, curled like a hedgehog.
لَمdid not تَرَsee العَينُthe eye مِثلَهُits like
لَم تَرَ العَينُ مِثلَهُ
فيin مَنامٍa dream وَلاnor كَذاlike this
في مَنامٍ وَلا كَذا
No eye has seen its like,
in dreams or otherwise.
تامِكاًtowering كَالسَّنامِlike a camel's hump إِذwhen
تامِكاً كَالسَّنامِ إِذ
بُذَّwas shorn عَنهُoff it مُقَذَّذاneatly trimmed
بُذَّ عَنهُ مُقَذَّذا
Towering like a camel's hump when
shorn bare and neatly trimmed.
مِلءُfilling كَفَّيthe two palms of ضَجيعِهاher bedfellow
مِلءُ كَفَّي ضَجيعِها
نالَhe obtained مِنهاfrom her تَفَخُّذاsex between the thighs
نالَ مِنها تَفَخُّذا
It fills her bedfellow's two palms,
when he enjoys sex between her thighs.
لَوif تَأَمَّلتَهُyou examined it دُهِشwere amazed (word begins)
لَو تَأَمَّلتَهُ دُهِش
تَyou (completes 'were amazed') وَعايَنتَand you beheld جِهبِذاa master
تَ وَعايَنتَ جِهبِذا
If you examined it, you would be amazed
and behold a master,
طَيِّبَsweet in العَرفِscent وَالمَجَسand feel (word begins)
طَيِّبَ العَرفِ وَالمَجَس
سَةِcompletion of 'feel' وَاللَّمسِand touch هِربِذاa Magian priest
سَةِ وَاللَّمسِ هِربِذا
sweet in scent and feel
and touch—a Magian priest.
فَأُجافيهِso I spread it apart فيهِin it فيin
فَأُجافيهِ فيهِ في
هِit بِأَيرٍwith a cock كَمِثلِlike ذاthis
هِ بِأَيرٍ كَمِثلِ ذا
So I spread it apart—in it, in
it—with a cock like this.
لَيتَwould that أَيريmy cock وَلَيتَand would that حِرvulva
لَيتَ أَيري وَلَيتَ حِر
كِyour (feminine) جَميعاًboth together تَآخَذاthe two clasped one another
كِ جَميعاً تَآخَذا
Would that my cock, and would that your cunt,
might both clasp one another:
فاخِذٌthen gripping ذاthis one بِشَقّby the cleft of ذاthis one
فاخِذٌ ذا بِشَقّ ذا
واخِذٌand gripping ذاthis one بِقَعرِذاat this one's depth
واخِذٌ ذا بِقَعرِذا
this gripping the other's cleft,
and that gripping the other's depths.
أَنتَyou وَجداًin passionate longing بِهاfor her كَمُغlike one closing (word begins)
أَنتَ وَجداً بِها كَمُغ
ضيcompletion of 'closing' جُفونٍeyelids عَلىupon القَذىgrit
ضي جُفونٍ عَلى القَذى
In your passion for her, you are like one
closing his eyelids upon grit.
لَمdid not يَقُلsay قائِلٌany speaker مِنَamong النthe people (word begins)
لَم يَقُل قائِلٌ مِنَ الن
ناسِcompletion of 'people' قَولاًwords كَنَحوِlike ذاthis
ناسِ قَولاً كَنَحوِ ذا
No speaker among the people has spoken
words of this kind.
بُحتُI disclosed حُبّيmy love وَصَلتُهُI joined it together
بُحتُ حُبّي وَصَلتُهُ
صارَit became شِعراًverse مُهَذَّذاfinely trimmed
صارَ شِعراً مُهَذَّذا
I revealed my love and strung it together;
it became finely trimmed verse,
قَولthe words of عَمّارٍʿAmmār ذيpossessor of كِناKinā- (name fragment)
قَول عَمّارٍ ذي كِنا
زٍ-z (completes Kināz) فَياso, O حُسنَthe beauty of ماwhat اِحتذىhe took as a model
زٍ فَيا حُسنَ ما اِحتذى
the words of ʿAmmār Dhū Kināz—
how fine the pattern he has followed!
عَلِّلانيyou two, console me بِذِكرِهاwith mention of her
عَلِّلاني بِذِكرِها
وَاِسقِيانيand you two, give me to drink مُحَنَّذاscarcely diluted
وَاِسقِياني مُحَنَّذا
You two, console me with talk of her,
and give me a scarcely watered draught
مِنof كُمَيتٍdark-red wine مُدامَةٍaged
مِن كُمَيتٍ مُدامَةٍ
حَبَّذاhow lovely تِلكَthat حَبَّذاhow lovely
حَبَّذا تِلكَ حَبَّذا
of dark-red, aged wine—
how lovely that is, how lovely!
أَصبِحِserve morning drink to القَومَthe company قَهوَةًwine
أَصبِحِ القَومَ قَهوَةً
فيin أَباريقَpitchers تُحتَذىare taken as models
في أَباريقَ تُحتَذى
Serve the company their morning wine,
in pitchers that serve as models.
تَترُكُleaves الأُذنَthe ear شَربُهاdrinking it
تَترُكُ الأُذنَ شَربُها
أُرجُواناًpurple-red بِهِin it خَذاa droop
أُرجُواناً بِهِ خَذا
Drinking it leaves the ear
purple-red, with a droop.
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