فقدتُكِ يا كنيزةُ كلَّ فقدٍ
وذُقتِ الموت أولَ من يموتُ
May I lose you, Kunayza—lose you utterly;
and may you taste death, the first of all who die.
فقد أوتيتِ رحبَ فمٍ وفرجٍ
كأنك من كلا طَرَفَيكِ حُوتُ
For you were endowed with vast breadth of mouth and vulva,
as though at both your ends you were a whale.
ويابسةُ الأسافلِ والأعالي
كأنكِ في المجالس عَنكبوتُ
And shriveled below and above,
as though you were a spider among the company.
عظامٌ قد براها السُّلُّ برياً
فما فيها لبعض الطير قوتُ
Consumption has whittled your bones clean,
so not a morsel remains in them, even for a bird.
وإن غنَّيتِ زنَّيت الندامى
فلا عَمِرتْ بحضرتك البُيوتُ
And if you sing, you make the revelers fornicate;
then may no house flourish in your presence.
رُزقتُك ليلةً فرُزقتُ رزقاً
بوُدِّي أنه أبداً يفوتُ
I was granted you for one night, and thus granted a bounty—
one I dearly wish would pass me by forever.
سأقترحُ السكوتَ عليك دهري
فأحسنُ ما تُغنينَ السكوتُ
All my life I shall recommend silence to you;
for the finest thing you sing is silence.
Sol 5.6