الصفح بالنفط في الثياب
ما لم يكن قط في حسابي
To overlook naphtha getting onto one’s clothes—
Pardon for naphtha flung on my clothes —
that was never once in my reckoning.
that was never once in my reckoning.
ليس يقوم الوصول عندي
مقام خيطين من ثيابي
To me, the young page does not hold
For me, union with the beloved cannot stand
the value of two threads from my clothes.
in the place of two threads of my robe.
يا رب من كان سن هذا
فزده ضعفاً من العذاب
O Lord, whoever instituted this custom,
O Lord, whoever it was who set this custom,
give him a double measure of torment
add to him a doubled measure of torment,
في قعر حمراء ليس فيها
غير بني البظر والقحاب
in the depths of a red-hot cauldron, wherein dwell
deep in a red hell that holds within it
none but sons of the clitoris and whores.
none but whores and the sons of the unexcised —
تفعل في لحمه المهري
ما يفعل الجمر بالكباب
May that cauldron do to his Mahri flesh
a fire to work upon his colt-tender flesh
what glowing embers do to kebab.
what live coals work upon kebab.
فالقرد عندي جيل عمن
يسن هذا على الكلاب
For the cauldron, to my mind, is a breed apart from anyone
For the ape, to my mind, is nobler stock than one
who would ordain this even for dogs.
who would inflict such a custom even on dogs.
Sol 5.6