أَكثِري أَو فَأَقِلّي

قَد مَلَلناكِ فَمَلّي

More or less, we are bored of you,

Speak at length or speak but little,

So leave us be and depart!

We have tired of you, so tire of us.

ما إِلى حُبِّكِ عَودٌ

ما دَعا اللَهُ مُصَلّي

No longing remains for your love,

To your love there is no returning,

Nor does God call one to pray to you.

So long as a worshipper prays to God.

قَد وَهَبناكِ لَعَمري

وَتَصَدَّقنا بِحَملِ

We granted you, by my life,

By my life, we have given you away,

And were charitable with a burden.

And offered such a burden as charity.

لَم يَكُن مِثلُكِ لَولا

سَفَهِ الرَأيِ هَوىً لي

None would be like you, had it not been

Someone like you would never be my love,

For the foolishness of my passion for you.

Save for the foolishness of my judgment.

أَيُّها السائِلُ عَنها

اِسمَعِ اللَفظَ المُحَلّي

O you who ask about her,

O you who asks regarding her,

Listen to my frank description:

Hear the words that paint her true:

شَخصُها شَخصٌ قَبيحٌ

وَلَها وَجهٌ مُوَلّي

Her figure is ugly,

Her figure is a figure most foul,

And she has a twisted face.

And she possesses a repulsive face.

وَخَفَت عَن كُلِّ عَينٍ

وَخَفَت عَن كُلِّ دَلِّ

She is hidden from every eye,

She is dim to every gazing eye,

And concealed from every guide.

And devoid of every feminine grace.

وَلَها ثَغرٌ كَأَنَّ ال

لاهَ غَشّاهُ بِكُحلِ

She has a mouth as if

She has a mouth that looks as though

God had covered it in kohl.

God has smothered it in black kohl;

تَصِفُ النَكهَةَ مِنها

جَيفَةً في يَومِ طَلِّ

You describe enjoyment from her

You would describe the breath of her

As a rotting corpse on a barren day,

As rotting carrion on a humid day.

وَتُفَلّي حينَ تَلقا

كَ لِتَحظى بِالتَفَلّي

And she spits when she meets

She picks at lice when she meets you,

To gain the spit.

Just to take delight in the picking.

رِدفُها طَستٌ وَلَكِن

بَطنُها زُكرَةُ خَلِّ

Her behind is a bowl, but

Her backside is like a metal tub, yet

Her belly is a bladder of vinegar.

Her belly is a wineskin of vinegar.

اِشهَدوا أَنّي بَريءٌ

مِن هَواها مُتَخَلّي

Bear witness that I am innocent

Bear witness that I am innocent,

Of passion for her, absolved!

And from her love, completely free.