وَقالوا اِستَبانَت يا اِبنَ عُروَةَ إِبنَتُك

وَقالوا اِستَبانَت يا اِبنَ عُروَةَ إِبنَتُك

فَقُلتُ لَهُم ما ذاكَ في حَقِّهِ نَقصُ

فَقُلتُ لَهُم ما ذاكَ في حَقِّهِ نَقصُ

They said, “O son of ʿUrwa, your passive homosexuality has become plain.”

They said your daughter has gone astray, o son of Urwah

So I said to them, “That is no shortcoming in his case:

I said to them, how can that be a disgrace?

إِذا كانَ رَبُّ البَيتِ بِالدُفِّ مولِعاً

إِذا كانَ رَبُّ البَيتِ بِالدُفِّ مولِعاً

فَشيمَةُ أَهلِ البَيتِ كُلِهِمِ الرَقصُ

فَشيمَةُ أَهلِ البَيتِ كُلِهِمِ الرَقصُ

If the master of the house is fond of the tambourine,

If the lord of the house has a passion for the tambourine

then dancing is the habit of the whole household.”

It is the trait of all the household to dance