تَنفَّسَ في وجهي فكدتُ أموتُ

تَنفَّسَ في وجهي فكدتُ أموتُ

وأعرَضَ عنّي ساعةً فحييتُ

وأعرَضَ عنّي ساعةً فحييتُ

He breathed in my face, so I nearly died.

He breathed in my face and I almost died

And he turned away from me for a while, so I revived.

And he turned away from me for an hour, so I lived

وأنتَنني حتى ظننتُ بأنني

وأنتَنني حتى ظننتُ بأنني

وحقِّكما يا صاحبيَّ خَريتُ

وحقِّكما يا صاحبيَّ خَريتُ

And he made me stink until I thought that I—

And you reproached me until I thought that I

by your honor, O my two friends—had shat.

By your right, my friend, I have fallen

فإن لم أكن فتشتُ حقاً غُلالتي

فإن لم أكن فتشتُ حقاً غُلالتي

لأغسل عنها سَلْحَها فعميتُ

لأغسل عنها سَلْحَها فعميتُ

For if I did not truly inspect my undergarment

If I were not, I would have searched for my real crime

to wash its shit off it, then may I go blind!

To wash away its traces, so I went blind