مَنْwhoever قالَspeaks in praise بالمردِof beardless youths فاحذرthen beware إنْif تصاحبَهُyou befriend him
مَنْ قالَ بالمردِ فاحذر إنْ تصاحبَهُ
فإنْfor if فعلْتَyou do فثقْthen be certain بالعارِof disgrace والنارِand hellfire
فإنْ فعلْتَ فثقْ بالعارِ والنارِ
If you befriend one who praises beardless youths, beware;
Whoever advocates for sodomy, beware of befriending him
for if you do, be certain of disgrace and hellfire.
If you do, trust in disgrace and hellfire
بضاعةٌa commodity ماnot اشتراهاbought it غيرُother than بائعهاits seller
بضاعةٌ ما اشتراها غيرُ بائعها
بئسَhow vile البضاعةُthe commodity والمبتاعُand the buyer والشاريand the seller
بئسَ البضاعةُ والمبتاعُ والشاري
A commodity none but its seller has bought—
Merchandise that no one sells but its vendor
how vile the commodity, the buyer, and the seller!
Miserable is the merchandise, the buyer, and the seller
ياO قومُpeople صارَhas become اللواطُsodomy اليومَtoday مشتهراًnotorious
يا قومُ صارَ اللواطُ اليومَ مشتهراً
وشائعاًand widespread ذائعاًwidely known مِنْwith غيرِno إنكارِcondemnation
وشائعاً ذائعاً مِنْ غيرِ إنكارِ
O people, sodomy has become notorious today,
O people, sodomy has become popular today
and widespread, widely known, with no condemnation.
Prevalent and widespread without objection
ذنبٌa sin بهِthrough it هلكتْperished منْfrom قبلناbefore us أممٌnations
ذنبٌ بهِ هلكتْ منْ قبلنا أممٌ
والعرشُand the Throne يهتزُّtrembles منْهُat it هزَّa shaking إكبارِhorror at its enormity
والعرشُ يهتزُّ منْهُ هزَّ إكبارِ
A sin through which nations before us perished,
A sin that destroyed past nations before us
and the Throne trembles at it with a shudder of horror.
And the Throne shakes from it, a great quake
جناتُthe gardens عدنٍEden علىto اللّوطيِّthe sodomite قدindeed حرمَتْhave been forbidden
جناتُ عدنٍ على اللّوطيِّ قد حرمَتْ
اللهُGod أكبرُis greatest ماhow أعصاهُdisobedient he is للباريto the Creator
اللهُ أكبرُ ما أعصاهُ للباري
The Gardens of Eden have been forbidden to the sodomite.
The Gardens of Eden are forbidden to the sodomite
God is greatest! How disobedient he is to the Creator!
Allah is Greater! What disobedience of the Creator!
أستغفرُI ask forgiveness of اللهَGod منfor شعرٍverse تقدَّمَcame before ليof mine
أستغفرُ اللهَ من شعرٍ تقدَّمَ لي
فيabout المردِbeardless youths قصديmy aim بهِthrough it ترويجُpromoting أشعاريmy poems
في المردِ قصدي بهِ ترويجُ أشعاري
I seek God's forgiveness for earlier verse of mine
I ask Allah’s forgiveness for the poetry I previously composed
about beardless youths; my aim was to promote my poems.
Promoting sodomy in my verses to popularize my poems
لكنَّbut ذلكَthat قولٌtalk ليسَdoes not يتبعُهُfollow it
لكنَّ ذلكَ قولٌ ليسَ يتبعُهُ
خناlewdness وحاشايَand far be it from me منْfrom أفعالِthe deeds of أشرارِevildoers
خنا وحاشايَ منْ أفعالِ أشرارِ
But that is talk, not followed by
But that is an opinion I no longer hold
lewdness—and far be it from me to do the deeds of evildoers:
Far be it from me the acts of the wicked
قومٌa people إذاwhen حاربواthey wage war شدواthey tighten مآزرَهُمْtheir loincloths
قومٌ إذا حاربوا شدوا مآزرَهُمْ
دونَto keep out النساءِwomen ولوْeven if باتتْthey spend the night بأطهارِin ritual purity
دونَ النساءِ ولوْ باتتْ بأطهارِ
a people who, when they wage war, tighten their loincloths
A people who, when fought, support one another
to keep women out, even if the women spend the night ritually pure.
Against women, even if they are menstruating
Sol 6.1