طُلسُ العِشاءِ إِذا ما جَنَّ لَيلُهُمُ

طُلسُ العِشاءِ إِذا ما جَنَّ لَيلُهُمُ

بِالمُندِياتِ إِلى جاراتِهِم دُلُفُ

بِالمُندِياتِ إِلى جاراتِهِم دُلُفُ

Dusky men at evening, when their night grows dark,

When their night spreads its gown

With shameful deeds, they creep toward their women neighbors.

and the girls sneak to visit their neighbors,

وَالفارِسِيَّةُ فيهِم غَيرُ مُنكَرَةٍ

وَالفارِسِيَّةُ فيهِم غَيرُ مُنكَرَةٍ

فَكُلُّهُم لِأَبيهِ ضَيزَنٌ سَلِفُ

فَكُلُّهُم لِأَبيهِ ضَيزَنٌ سَلِفُ

And the Persian custom is not disapproved of among them:

the Persian style becomes common among them,

For each is his father's co-husband and brother-in-law.

as they are all for their father a past legacy.

نيكوا فُكَيهَةَ وَاِمشوا حَولَ قُبَّتِها

نيكوا فُكَيهَةَ وَاِمشوا حَولَ قُبَّتِها

مَشيَ الزَرافَةِ في آباطِها الخَجَفُ

مَشيَ الزَرافَةِ في آباطِها الخَجَفُ

Fuck Fukayha, and walk around her domed tent,

Walk gently around Ukayhah’s dome,

As a giraffe walks, with bats in its armpits.

with the gait of an ostrich in its soft sand.

لَولا بَنو مالِكٍ وَالإِلُّ مَرقَبَةٌ

لَولا بَنو مالِكٍ وَالإِلُّ مَرقَبَةٌ

وَمالِكٌ فيهِمُ الآلاءُ وَالشَرَفُ

وَمالِكٌ فيهِمُ الآلاءُ وَالشَرَفُ

Were it not for the sons of Malik—and God is to be feared—

Had it not been for Malik’s sons, and God keeps watch,

And Malik, with benefactions and nobility among them...

and Malik is among them exalted and noble,

أَم دَلَّكُم بَعضُ مَن يَرتادَ مَشتَمَتي

أَم دَلَّكُم بَعضُ مَن يَرتادَ مَشتَمَتي

بِأَيِّ أَكلَةِ لَحمٍ تُؤكَلُ الكَتِفُ

بِأَيِّ أَكلَةِ لَحمٍ تُؤكَلُ الكَتِفُ

Or has someone seeking to revile me shown you

Or did one who frequents my haunts mislead you,

In what manner, when eating meat, the shoulder is eaten?

asking with what meat is the shoulder eaten?