لنا حاكِمٌ فيه انخِناثٌ وإنَّهُ

يقولُ بأني مولَعٌ بِلُواطِ

We have a ruler who is effeminate, and he

Says I am addicted to sodomy

لهُ أسهُمٌ في الانفِعال صوائِبٌ

وأسهُمُهُ في الفِعلِ جِدُّ خَواطِ

He has apt emotions and sentiments

Yet his deeds are those of an arrant sodomite

فَتبّاً لهُ من حاكِمٍ مُتَزَيِّدٍ

وشَيخِ لُواطٍ يَستجِيبُ لِوَاطِ

Curse him, the excessively tyrannical ruler

And the old sodomite who responds to sodomy

قد أتى لفظُكَ البَديعُ الّذي خر

رَتْ سجُوداً لُحسنِهِ الألفاظُ

Your eloquent words have fallen

In prostration before their beauty, words

ومَعانيك إنَّهُنَّ وَفاءٌ

وسَخاءٌ ونَجْدةٌ وحِفاظُ

And your meanings, they are loyalty

Generosity, help, and protection

ظِلُّ الفتى ينفَعُ مَنْ دونَهُ

ومالَهُ في ظِلِّهِ حَظُّ

A young man’s shadow benefits those under it

And in his shadow they have a share