خلعstripped away الصبابةardent love منfrom قلوبhearts الناسpeople
خلع الصبابة من قلوب الناس
كفلٌa rump منof الأسلاكthe wires والأمراسand the ropes
كفلٌ من الأسلاك والأمراس
Ardent love has been stripped from people's hearts
He stripped the turban from people's hearts
by a rump of wires and ropes.
Like a bundle of wires and pegs
أضحىbecame كبرذعةٍlike a pack saddle علىon إنسانةٍa woman
أضحى كبرذعةٍ على إنسانةٍ
صارتshe became بهwith it كحمارةlike the she-ass of الترّاسthe shield-maker
صارت به كحمارة الترّاس
It has become like a pack saddle on a woman
It has become like a melon on a female
who, with it, became like the shield-maker's she-ass.
She carries it like a donkey carrying adobe bricks
قولواtell, all of you لهاto her استغنيdispense عنwith الردفthe rump الذيwhich
قولوا لها استغني عن الردف الذي
لاno حسَّfeeling فيهin it بردفكwith your rump الحساسsensitive
لا حسَّ فيه بردفك الحساس
Tell her: dispense with the rump that
Tell her to do without the hindquarters that
feels nothing, relying instead on your sensitive rump.
Cannot feel your sensitive hindquarters
فقفاكfor your rear بالردفwith the rump المعارborrowed وذيلكand your train الthe (continued)
فقفاك بالردف المعار وذيلك ال
جرارtrailing كالحمَّارlike the donkey-driver والكنّاسand the sweeper
جرار كالحمَّار والكنّاس
For your rear, with its borrowed rump, and your train—
Your hindquarters with borrowed finery and your tail that is
trailing behind—are like a donkey-driver and a sweeper.
Like a donkey's and a church sexton's
إنindeed الظباءthe gazelles قصيرةshort أذنابهاtheir tails الthe (continued)
إن الظباء قصيرة أذنابها ال
ذنبtail الطويلlong يكونis للنسناسfor the monkey
ذنب الطويل يكون للنسناس
Indeed, gazelles have short tails; the
Gazelles have short tails
long tail belongs to the monkey.
Only foxes have long tails
خلقwas created الجمالbeauty لغادةfor a graceful maiden أردافهاher buttocks
خلق الجمال لغادة أردافها
صنعthe work of المهيمنthe Guardian (God) لاnot صنيعthe handiwork of الناسpeople
صنع المهيمن لا صنيع الناس
Beauty was created for a maiden whose buttocks
Beauty's hindquarters were created for coquettes
are the Guardian's handiwork, not human craftsmanship.
Made by the Omnipotent, not by people
بلباسهاby her dress العربيArab يعظمgrows greater قدرهاher worth
بلباسها العربي يعظم قدرها
لاnot بانتفاشby the puffing out of لباسهاher dress الإلزاسيAlsatian
لا بانتفاش لباسها الإلزاسي
Her worth is enhanced by her Arab dress,
She is honored in her Arab dress
not by the puffed-out bulk of her Alsatian dress.
Not in her provocative European dress
فهوfor it الذيthat which ببياضهاthrough her whiteness وبياضهand its whiteness
فهو الذي ببياضها وبياضه
يغنيdispenses عنwith المشكاةthe lamp-niche والنبراسand the lamp
يغني عن المشكاة والنبراس
For it, through her whiteness and its own whiteness,
It and her whiteness are enough
makes the lamp-niche and the lamp unnecessary.
Without need for lantern or candle
وهيand she التيwho تمحوerases ذنوبsins فؤادهاher heart الthe (continued)
وهي التي تمحو ذنوب فؤادها ال
قاسيhard بلينwith the softness of قوامهاher figure المياسgracefully swaying
قاسي بلين قوامها المياس
And she is the one who erases the sins of her heart,
And she who erases her heart's sins
hard as it is, with the softness of her swaying figure.
With the softness of her supple figure
Sol 6.1