تناومت فابْتدرت كعثمها

تناومت فابْتدرت كعثمها

بطعنِ ذا الرمح حاميَ الترس

بطعنِ ذا الرمح حاميَ الترس

She feigned sleep, so I rushed at her vulva

I slumbered, and she assailed me

with this spear’s thrust into the shield’s defender.

With the spear-thrust of her eyes.

فأعلنت صرخةً فقلتُ لها

فأعلنت صرخةً فقلتُ لها

مالكِ قالتْ طُعنتُ في كسِّي

مالكِ قالتْ طُعنتُ في كسِّي

Then she let out a scream, so I said to her,

I cried aloud, and said to her:

“What’s wrong with you?” She said, “I’ve been stabbed in my cunt.”

"What ails thee?" Said she, "I am wounded in my sex."