Sol 6.1

  1. يا لَيلَتي لَم أَنَم شَوقاً وَتَسهادا

    حَتّى رَأَيتُ بَياضَ الصُبحِ قَد عادا

    O my night! I did not sleep, from longing and sleeplessness,

    until I saw that dawn's whiteness had returned.

  2. كَبَّرتُ لَمّا رَأَيتُ الصُبحَ مُنبَلِجاً

    يَحدو تَوالِيَ جَونٍ بانَ أَو كادا

    I cried 'God is greatest!' when I saw dawn breaking,

    driving away the remnants of a dark night, gone or nearly gone.

  3. وَرائِحٍ مِن بَني العَلّاتِ يَعذُلُني

    وَما دَرى بِدَواعي الحُبِّ وَثّادا

    And an evening visitor, one of the half-brothers, reproached me,

    and knew nothing of love's impetuous summons.

  4. كاتَمتُهُ بَعضَ ما أَلقى وَقُلتُ لَهُ

    لا أَستَطيعُ دَواعي الحُبِّ مُنقادا

    I hid from him some of what I suffer, and said to him:

    I cannot resist love's urgings; I yield to them.

  5. أَيّامَ يَحسُدُها وُدّي وَيَحسُدُني

    ما لا أَنالُ نِساءٌ كُنَّ حُسّادا

    Days that my love envies, when I myself was envied

    for what I could not attain, by women who were envious.

  6. ثُمَّ اِنقَضى ذاكَ إِلّا ذِكرَ مَلعَبِنا

    بِالبَيتِ إِذ نَتَّقي عَيناً وَأَرصادا

    Then all that passed, save the memory of our place of play

    in the house, as we avoided a spying eye and watchers.

  7. لَم يُبقِ لي الشَوقُ مِن جُملٍ وَجارَتِها

    إِلّا هُموماً تَؤوبُ اللَيلَ أَجنادا

    Longing left me nothing of Juml and her neighbor

    but sorrows returning at night in armies.

  8. قَد كانَ لي عِندَها وَعدٌ فَأَخلَفَني

    وَما بَخِلتُ وَلا أَخلَفتُ ميعادا

    I once had a promise from her, but it failed me,

    and I was not stingy, nor did I break an appointment.

  9. يا وَيحَها خُلَّةً كانَت مَواعِدُها

    كَاللَيلِ غَرَّت بِهِ الأَحلامُ رُقّادا

    Alas for her—a sweetheart whose promises were

    like the night, when dreams deceive sleepers.

  10. مَنَّيتُها النَفسَ حَتّى لامَني

    وَشَفَّني الحُبُّ تَقريباً وَإِبعادا

    I fed my soul hopes of her, until I was reproached,

    and love wore me thin, drawing me near and sending me away.

  11. يا طالِبَ اللَهوِ مُجتازاً وَمُعتَرِضاً

    أَقبِل أَصَبتَ الهَوى إِن كُنتَ مُرتادا

    O seeker of pleasure, passing by and crossing the way,

    come—you have found your desire, if you are seeking it.

  12. إِن سَرَّكَ الطَعنُ مِن قُبلٍ وَمِن دُبُرٍ

    فَأتِ اِبنَ سيمينَ ذا الرَأسَينِ حَمّادا

    If thrusting from the front and from behind delights you,

    then visit Hammad, son of Simin, the two-headed one.

  13. مَن يُعطِهِ دِرهَماً يَنكِح خَليلَتَهُ

    وَنائِكٌ في اِستِ رَبِّ البَيتِ مُرتادا

    Whoever gives him a dirham fucks his sweetheart,

    and a pleasure-seeking fucker is in the householder's ass.

  14. إِنَّ اِبنَ نِهيا عَلى أَخلاقِ والِدِهِ

    لا يَحرِمُ الضَيفَ مِن عِرسٍ لَهُ زادا

    The son of Nihya follows his father's ways:

    he denies no guest sustenance from a wife of his.

  15. قَد صادَ بَكراً وَيَعفوراً لِنِسوَتِهِ

    بَعدَ المُثَنّى أَلا بُعداً لِما صادا

    He has caught Bakr and Ya'fur for his women,

    after al-Muthanna—away with what he caught!

  16. إِنّي لَأَعرِفُ حَمّاداً وَمَكسَرَهُ

    عِندَ اللِقاءِ إِذا ما كيدَ أَو كادا

    I certainly know Hammad and his mettle,

    at an encounter, whether plotted against or plotting.

  17. صَعباً إِذا كُنتَ لَيناً حينَ تَصدُقُهُ

    مِن آلِ نِهيا إِذا زَلزَلتَهُ حادا

    Tough when you are gentle, when you deal honestly with him;

    of Nihya's clan—when you shake him, he veers away.

  18. لا غَروَ إِلّا لِحَمّادٍ أَبي عُمَرٍ

    يَظَلُّ فَهداً وَيسري اللَيلَ فَهّادا

    There is no marvel except Hammad, Abu Umar:

    he spends the day a leopard, and prowls at night a leopard-hunter.

  19. أَدَرَّ كَالزِقِّ مَربوطاً بِرُمَّتِهِ

    قَد بَدَّهُ الطَعنُ إِصداراً وإيرادا

    Swollen-testicled, like a wineskin tied by its cord,

    thrusting has spread him wide, going out and coming in.

  20. تَهوي المَخازي إِلَيهِ كُلَّ شارِقَةٍ

    رَكضُ القَطا يَبتَدِرنَ الماءَ وُرّادا

    Shameful deeds swoop down on him at every sunrise,

    like the rush of sandgrouse racing to water to drink.

  21. طابَ النَعيمُ لِحَمّادٍ أَبي عُمَرٍ

    إِذا أَتى فَجرُهُ لَم يَخشَ مِرصادا

    Pleasure is sweet for Hammad, Abu Umar;

    when his dawn comes, he fears no ambush.

  22. يَلقى القَرائِبَ مُختالاً بِهَربَذَةٍ

    وَلا يَرى الخِشفَ إِلّا اِهتَزَّ أَو مادا

    He meets his female relatives, swaggering with a prancing gait,

    and never sees a fawn without trembling or swaying.

  23. يا فارِسَ الأَمرَدِ العادي لِيَركُضَهُ

    أُركُض فَأَنتَ ابنُ ظِئرٍ كانَ قَوّادا

    O rider of the beardless man, rushing to spur him,

    gallop on—you are the son of a foster-parent who was a pimp.

  24. إِنَّ السَوانِيَ مَأكولٌ وَمُهتَضَمٌ

    فَما يُرى طَيرُهُ يَعني إِذا رادا

    Al-Sawani is devoured and oppressed,

    so his bird seems not to care when it roams.

  25. كَم خُلَّةٍ فيكَ يا حَمّادُ فاضِحَةٍ

    وَرِثتَها والِداً عِلجاً وَأَجدادا

    How many a shameful trait you have, Hammad,

    inherited from a foreign lout of a father and from ancestors!

  26. إِنَّ الغَرائِبَ لا تولي مَحارِمَها

    فَاِطعَن بِرُمحِكَ مَحلوباً وَوَلّادا

    Unrelated women do not yield their forbidden intimacies,

    so thrust with your spear at the milked one and the prolific breeder.