كلّنا يا ابنَ حُديج

لكَ في العلم خوَل

We are all, O Ibn Hudayj,

Your servants in the realm of knowledge;

غير أنّ الطبّ أولى

بكَ من كل عمَل

Yet medicine is more befitting

Of you than any other deed.

أنتَ فيه فيلسوفٌ

وبصيرٌ وبالعِلَل

You are a philosopher therein,

And discerning of all maladies;

فلِمَ الأير خفيفٌ

فإذا قامَ ثقل

So why is the penis light,

But when it rises, it turns heavy?

فإذا أفرغ ما في

هِ تدلّى وذبَل

And when it discharges what is within,

It dangles down and withers?

حادثٌ ذلك فيهِ

أم قديمٌ لم يزل

Is this a new occurrence in it,

Or an ancient trait that remains?

ولمَ الرهزُ لذيذٌ

عند تكرار العمل

And why is the thrusting delightful

During the repetition of the act,

فإذا اللذةُ تمّت

نكسَ الأير وكَل

But when the pleasure is consummated,

The penis bows its head and tires?