Sol 6.1

  1. أَفَرخَ الزِنجِ طالَ بِكِ البَلاءُ

    وَساءَ بِكِ المُقَدَّمُ وَالوَراءُ

    O offspring of the Zanj, your affliction has lasted long,

    and both your front and rear have fared badly.

  2. تَنيكُ وَتَستَنيكُ وَما لِهَذا

    وَهَذا إِذ جَمَعتَهُما دَواءُ

    You fuck and seek to be fucked; neither this

    nor that, when you combine them, has a cure.

  3. بَكَيتَ خِلافَ كِنديرٍ عَلَيهِ

    وَهَل يُغني مِنَ الحَربِ البُكاءُ

    You wept over Kindīr after his departure;

    and can weeping avail against war?

  4. فَحَدِّثني فَقَد نُقِّصتَ عُمراً

    وَكِنديراً أَقَلَّ فَتىً تَشاءُ

    So tell me, for you have been deprived of years,

    and of Kindīr, the least of the youths you desire.

  5. كَفى شُغلاً تَتَبُّعُ كُلِّ أَيرٍ

    أَصابَكَ في اِستِكَ الداءُ العَياءُ

    Chasing every cock is occupation enough;

    an incurable disease has struck you in your ass.

  6. أَما في كُربُحٍ وَنَوى لِقاطٍ

    وَأَبعارٍ تُجَمِّعُها عَزاءُ

    Is there not, in poor dates and gleaned date pits,

    and dung pellets you gather, some consolation?

  7. تُشاغِلُ آكِلَ التَمرِ اِنتِجاعاً

    وَتُكدي حينَ يَسمَعُكَ الرِعاءُ

    You distract the date-eater, seeking sustenance,

    and come away empty-handed when the herdsmen hear you.

  8. وَعِندي مِن أَبيكَ الوَغدِ عِلمٌ

    وَمِن أُمٍّ بِها جَمَحَ الفَتاءُ

    And I have knowledge of your vile father,

    and of a mother whose youthful vigor ran wild.

  9. أَبوكَ إِذا غَدا خِنزيرُ حَشٍّ

    وَأُمُّكَ كَلبَةٌ فيها بَذاءُ

    Your father, when he goes out in the morning, is a privy pig,

    and your mother is a bitch full of obscenity.

  10. فَما يَأتيكَ مِن هَذا وَهَذا

    إِذا اِجتَمَعا وَضَمَّهُما الفَضاءُ

    So what comes to you from this one and that,

    when they unite and the open space enfolds them?

  11. أَلا إِنَّ اللَئيمَ أَباً قَديماً

    وَأَمّاتٍ إِذا ذُكِرَ النِساءُ

    Indeed, the man base in paternal descent from of old,

    and in his mothers, when women are mentioned,

  12. نَتَيجٌ بَينَ خِنزيرٍ وَكَلبٍ

    يَرى أَنَّ الكِمارَ لَهُ شِفاءُ

    is the offspring of a pig and a dog,

    who thinks cock-heads are a cure for him.

  13. أَفَرخَ الزِنجِ كَيفَ نَطَقتَ بِاِسمي

    وَأَنتَ مُخَنَّثٌ فيكَ التِواءُ

    O offspring of the Zanj, how did you utter my name,

    when you are effeminate, with crookedness in you?

  14. رَضيتَ بِأَن تُناكَ أَبا بَناتٍ

    وَلَيسَ لِمَن يُناكُ أَباً حَياءُ

    You consented to be fucked, though a father of daughters,

    and a father who is fucked has no shame.

  15. وَقَد قامَت عَلى أُمٍ وَأُختٍ

    شُهودٌ حينَ لَقّاها الزِناءُ

    And against a mother and a sister have stood

    witnesses, when fornication befell her.

  16. إِذا نيكَت حُشَيشَةُ صاحَ ديكٌ

    وَصَوَّتَ في اِستِ أُمِّكَ بَبَّغاءُ

    When Ḥushayshah is fucked, a rooster crows,

    and a parrot cries out in your mother's ass.

  17. فَدَع شَتمَ الأَكارِمِ فيهِ لَهوٌ

    وَلَكِن غِبُّهُ أَيَهٌ وَداءُ

    So leave off insulting the noble: there is amusement in it,

    but its aftermath is distress and disease.

  18. لِأُمِّكَ مَصرَعٌ في كُلِّ حَيٍّ

    وَخُشَّةُ هَمُّها فيكَ الكِراءُ

    Your mother has a place to be laid in every quarter,

    and Khushshah's concern is the fee for hiring you.

  19. وَقَد تَجِرَت بِأُختِكُمُ غَنِيٌّ

    فَما خَسِرَ التِجارُ وَلا أَسَاءوا

    And Ghanī has traded in your sister,

    so the traders did not lose, nor did they do badly.

  20. أَصابوا صِهرَ زِنجِيٍّ دَعِيٍّ

    بِبَرصاءَ العِجانِ لَها ضَناءُ

    They gained a marriage tie to a bastard Zanj,

    through a woman with a white-blotched perineum, afflicted with wasting sickness.

  21. فَما اِغتَبَطَت فَتاةُ بَني غَنِيٍّ

    وَلا الزِنجِيُّ إِنَّهُما سَواءُ

    So the girl of Banū Ghanī did not rejoice,

    nor did the Zanj man; indeed, the two are alike.