أُمُّ اِبنِ الاَعمَشِ فَاِعلَموها فَرتَنا

ما أَسهَلَ المَعروفَ ثَمَّ وَأَمكَنا

Ibn al-A‘mash’s mother—know her for a whore:

how easy a favor is there, how readily within reach!

عَجزاءُ يُحسِنُ إِن أَتاها خائِفٌ

وَقَدِ اِستَجارَ بِصَدعِها أَن تُحسِنا

Great-rumped—if a frightened man comes to her, it is fitting

that she treat him kindly once he has sought refuge in her rump’s cleft.

لَو أَنَّ غُلمَتَها اِستَحارَت فِضَّةً

تُمتارُ أَو ذَهَباً لَكانَت مَعدِنا

Were her lust transformed into silver

to be drawn forth—or into gold—she would be a mine.

لا تَحسَبَن أَنّي اِفتَرَيتُ عَلى الَّتي

وَلَدَتكَ لَكِنّي اِفتَرَيتُ عَلى الزِنا

Do not think that I have forged lies against the woman

who bore you; rather, it is fornication I have slandered.