رأيتُI saw عبيدَUbayd اللهAllah فيin كلّevery ليلةٍnight
رأيتُ عبيدَ الله في كلّ ليلةٍ
تبيتُspend the night الأيورthe cocks العُجْرُthick حَشْوَfilling حقيبتِهْhis rump
تبيتُ الأيور العُجْرُ حَشْوَ حقيبتِهْ
I have seen Ubayd Allah every night:
thick cocks spend the night filling his rump.
هنيئاًmay it be pleasant لهfor him إنindeed البغاءَprostitution بليةٌan affliction
هنيئاً له إن البغاءَ بليةٌ
تعجَّلَهَاhe took it on early فيin عُنفوانِthe prime of شَبيبتِهْhis youth
تعجَّلَهَا في عُنفوانِ شَبيبتِهْ
Good for him! Prostitution is indeed an affliction
that he took on early, in the prime of his youth.
بخيلٌmiserly علىtoward إخوانهِhis brothers غيرَexcept أنهُthat he
بخيلٌ على إخوانهِ غيرَ أنهُ
يجودhe gives generously علىto منwhoever ناكَهُfucked him بخَريبتِهْwith his asshole
يجود على من ناكَهُ بخَريبتِهْ
Miserly toward his brothers, except that he
is generous with his asshole to whoever fucks him.
جبانٌa coward ولكنَّand yet استَهُhis arse ذاتُpossessing جرأةٍcourage
جبانٌ ولكنَّ استَهُ ذاتُ جرأةٍ
ولوand even if لَقِيتْit met عمروAmr القناof the spears فيin كتيبتِهْhis battalion
ولو لَقِيتْ عمرو القنا في كتيبتِهْ
A coward, yet his arse is bold,
even if it faced Amr of the Spears amid his battalion.
هوhe البحرُthe sea حدِّثtell عنهabout him كلَّevery عجيبةٍmarvel
هو البحرُ حدِّث عنه كلَّ عجيبةٍ
فليسfor there is no علىupon المُغتابthe backbiter وزرٌsin بغيبتِهْin backbiting him
فليس على المُغتاب وزرٌ بغيبتِهْ
He is the sea—tell every marvel about him,
for the backbiter bears no sin for backbiting him.
فياso O ربناour Lord أكرِمْhonor أباهhis father بثُكلهِwith the loss of him
فيا ربنا أكرِمْ أباه بثُكلهِ
وواللهand by God ماnot يَسْوَىhe is worth ثوابَthe reward for مصيبتِهْthe calamity of losing him
ووالله ما يَسْوَى ثوابَ مصيبتِهْ
So, our Lord, honor his father by bereaving him of his son;
and by God, he is not worth the reward for enduring his loss.