قِصارُ الخُطى فُرقُ الخُصى زُمَرُ اللِحى

قِصارُ الخُطى فُرقُ الخُصى زُمَرُ اللِحى

كَأَنَّهُمُ ظِربى إِهتَرَشنَ عَلى لَحمِ

كَأَنَّهُمُ ظِربى إِهتَرَشنَ عَلى لَحمِ

Short of stride, with testicles set wide apart, scant of beard,

Short-strided, with widely spaced testicles and sparse beards,

as though they were polecats fighting over meat.

as though they were polecats fighting over meat.

ذَكَرتُ حَمامَ القَيظِ لَمّا رَأَيتُهُم

ذَكَرتُ حَمامَ القَيظِ لَمّا رَأَيتُهُم

يُمَشّونَ حَولي في ثِيابِهِمُ الدُسمُ

يُمَشّونَ حَولي في ثِيابِهِمُ الدُسمُ

I thought of the doves of high summer when I saw them

I recalled the pigeons of high summer when I saw them

strutting around me in their greasy clothes.

walking around me in their greasy clothes.

وَتُبدي الحُمَيسِياتُ في كُلِّ زينَةٍ

وَتُبدي الحُمَيسِياتُ في كُلِّ زينَةٍ

فُروجاً كَآثارِ الصِغارِ مِنَ البَهمِ

فُروجاً كَآثارِ الصِغارِ مِنَ البَهمِ

And the Ḥumaysī women, in all their finery, display

And the Humaysi women display, in all their finery,

vulvas like the hoofprints of young lambs and kids.

vulvas like the tracks of little lambs and kids.