حاشا لِعَبدِ الرَحيمِ سَيِّدِنا الـ

حاشا لِعَبدِ الرَحيمِ سَيِّدِنا الـ

ـفاضِلِ مِمّا تَقولُهُ السُّفَلُ

ـفاضِلِ مِمّا تَقولُهُ السُّفَلُ

Far be it from ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, our master, the

Far be it from the servant of the Merciful, our noble

virtuous, to be as the rabble say.

Master, what the vile say,

وَتَبَّ مَن قالَ إِنَّ حَدبَتَهُ

وَتَبَّ مَن قالَ إِنَّ حَدبَتَهُ

في ظَهرِهِ مِن عَبيدِهِ حَبَلُ

في ظَهرِهِ مِن عَبيدِهِ حَبَلُ

And may he perish who said that his hump

And repentance to him who said that his hump

on his back is a pregnancy by his slaves.

on his back is from his slaves a rope.

هَذا قِياسٌ في غَيرِ سَيِّدِنا

هَذا قِياسٌ في غَيرِ سَيِّدِنا

يَصِحُّ إِن كانَ يَحبَلُ الرَجُلُ

يَصِحُّ إِن كانَ يَحبَلُ الرَجُلُ

This inference, for anyone other than our master,

This is an analogy that does not apply to our Master,

would hold true if a man could become pregnant.

It is valid if a man were to hump.