مغنيةٌ حقاً بإسقاطِ نقطةٍ

مغنيةٌ حقاً بإسقاطِ نقطةٍ

إذا ما شَدَتْ ظلَّتْ وأشداقُها تُلْوَى

إذا ما شَدَتْ ظلَّتْ وأشداقُها تُلْوَى

A true tormentor—a “singer” with one dot removed.

A singer indeed with a dotted mark's fall

Whenever she sings, she carries on with her jaws contorting.

When she pulls, her shadows stretch and her lips twist

لها نكهةٌ تحكي بها إنْ تَكَلَّمتْ

لها نكهةٌ تحكي بها إنْ تَكَلَّمتْ

فأهدتْ إلى المُشْتَمِّ من رِيحها الفَسْوَى

فأهدتْ إلى المُشْتَمِّ من رِيحها الفَسْوَى

She has breath with which, when she speaks, she mimics

She has a flavor that tells when she speaks

a fart, gifting some of her stench to whoever sniffs.

She gifted the smeller her stench that decays

إذا شهدت للقوم في اللّهو مَعرَساً

إذا شهدت للقوم في اللّهو مَعرَساً

غدا مأتماً يمحو بأحزانه اللَّهوى

غدا مأتماً يمحو بأحزانه اللَّهوى

Whenever she attends a wedding feast where people revel,

When she testifies for people in playfulness

it becomes a mourning gathering, its sorrows wiping out all revelry.

Tomorrow it's a mourning that erases desires

وإنَّ امرأً يقوى على لَثْمِ ثَغْرِها

وإنَّ امرأً يقوى على لَثْمِ ثَغْرِها

على الضغط والتعذيب في قبره يقْوَى

على الضغط والتعذيب في قبره يقْوَى

And surely a man who can endure kissing her mouth

A man who can kiss her lips

can endure the crushing and torment in his grave.

Will endure torture and pressure in his grave

جَفَتْ هامةٌ منها ودُقِّق ساقُها

جَفَتْ هامةٌ منها ودُقِّق ساقُها

فما صلحت إلا لِبَنْجَقِها مَلْوى

فما صلحت إلا لِبَنْجَقِها مَلْوى

Her head grew bulky, and her leg was made thin;

A protector of hers became dry and thin

so she was fit only as a tuning peg for her lute’s pegbox.

So she's only fit for her twisted pipe