أراكِ اللّه يا ذلفاء ما قد

أراكِ اللّه يا ذلفاء ما قد

لقيه قَعْنَبٌ يوم الهَنيَّهْ

لقيه قَعْنَبٌ يوم الهَنيَّهْ

May God show you, O Dhalfā, what

May God show you, O Dhalfāʾ, what

I see you O Dhulfa, what befell

Qaʿnab suffered on the day of al-Haniyya:

befell Qaʿnab on the day of al-Haniyya.

Qanaab the day of celebration

غدا يبغي النكاح فعاد فيه

غدا يبغي النكاح فعاد فيه

أيور كالعصيّ مُهَلَّبيَّهْ

أيور كالعصيّ مُهَلَّبيَّهْ

He went out seeking intercourse, but came back with

He went out in the morning seeking intercourse, but returned carrying within him

Tomorrow he seeks marriage but returns in it

Muhallabid cocks inside him, stiff as cudgels.

Muhallabite cocks like rods,

Limping like a battered stick

تشقّق دبره ويقول هذا

تشقّق دبره ويقول هذا

جزاء ذوي التلوّط بالَّنسّيَهْ

جزاء ذوي التلوّط بالَّنسّيَهْ

His anus split open, and he says, “This is

tearing open his anus, while he says, “This

His back cracked and he says this is

the recompense of those who practice sodomy—paid on credit.”

is the recompense of those who sodomize women.”

The reward of those who mix with girls