إذا قالَ ما رِدْفي وشعري أجبتُهُ

إذا قالَ ما رِدْفي وشعري أجبتُهُ

كثيبٌ مهيلٌ فوقَهُ حيَّةٌ تسعى

كثيبٌ مهيلٌ فوقَهُ حيَّةٌ تسعى

When he asks what my rump and my hair are like, I answer him:

When he asks, “What are my buttocks and my hair?” I answer him:

A dune of shifting sand, with a serpent slithering atop it.

“A crumbling sand dune, with a serpent slithering atop it.”

وإنْ قالَ هل ترعى عذاري مُوَرِيَّاً

وإنْ قالَ هل ترعى عذاري مُوَرِيَّاً

أقولُ لهُ إيْ والذي أخرجَ المرعى

أقولُ لهُ إيْ والذي أخرجَ المرعى

And if he asks, “Does she graze upon my cheek-down?”—speaking in double entendre—

And if he asks, with a double meaning, “Do you tend my cheek-down?”

I tell him, “Yes—by Him who brought forth the pasture!”

I tell him, “Yes, by Him who brought forth the pasture.”