قلتI said لقومٍto a company سادةٍmasters قادةٍleaders
قلت لقومٍ سادةٍ قادةٍ
ياO سادةًmasters تُعلَىare mounted مآخيرُهاtheir backsides
يا سادةً تُعلَى مآخيرُها
I said to a company of masters and leaders:
I said to eminent leaders,
O masters whose backsides are mounted!
O leaders, their ends are exalted,
أضحىnow المخانيثthe effeminate men ينيكونكمfuck you
أضحى المخانيث ينيكونكم
وناكَةُand the fuckers of الناسpeople مذاكيرهاtheir cocks
وناكَةُ الناس مذاكيرها
Now effeminate men fuck you,
The effeminate have come to ravish you,
and those who fuck people are their cocks.
And people's scoffing their minds.
ماليwhy do I أرىsee ناكتكمthose who fuck you غلمةًyoung men
مالي أرى ناكتكم غلمةً
كالحورlike houris صانتْهاprotected them مقاصيرهاtheir secluded chambers
كالحور صانتْها مقاصيرها
Why do I see those who fuck you as young men,
Why do I see your scoffers as boys,
like houris protected by their secluded chambers,
Like houris whose chastity was guarded?
مؤنَّثيeffeminate in الخَلْقform لهمthey have أعينٌeyes
مؤنَّثي الخَلْق لهم أعينٌ
دلالُهاtheir coquettish charm بادٍevident وتفتيرهاand their languor
دلالُها بادٍ وتفتيرها
effeminate in form, with eyes
Feminized in creation, they have eyes
whose coquettish charm and languor are plain?
Whose coquetry is manifest and their winking.
فقالthen said شيخan elder منهمُamong them عاقلٌwise
فقال شيخ منهمُ عاقلٌ
فكِّرْreflect فهادِيfor the guide of النفسthe soul تفكيرُهاits reflection
فكِّرْ فهادِي النفس تفكيرُها
Then a wise elder among them said:
So a wise old man among them said,
Reflect, for the soul's guide is its reflection.
Think, for composed souls their thinking.
هلhas ...? وَضَعdebased الفيشةَthe glans (penis-head) تأنيثُهاits feminine grammatical gender
هل وَضَع الفيشةَ تأنيثُها
أوor رفعexalted الأحراحَthe cunts تذكيرهاtheir masculine grammatical gender
أو رفع الأحراحَ تذكيرها
Has its feminine grammatical gender debased the cock,
Did making it feminine place the bodkin,
or their masculine gender exalted cunts?
Or elevating passions make it masculine?
قدindeed ذُكِّرتْwere given masculine gender هذيthese وقدand indeed أُنِّثتْwas given feminine gender
قد ذُكِّرتْ هذي وقد أُنِّثتْ
هاتيكthat one والتظفيرand the granting of victory تظفيرهاits granting of victory
هاتيك والتظفير تظفيرها
These have been given masculine gender, and feminine gender has been given
This one was masculinized and that feminized,
to that one; yet hers is the granting of victory.
And fingernail polish their polishing.
أماdo ... not? ترىyou see الفيشةthe glans (penis-head) قدindeed مُكِّنتْhas been empowered
أما ترى الفيشة قد مُكِّنتْ
فيon الأرضthe earth فالتدبيرso the governance تدبيرهاits governance
في الأرض فالتدبير تدبيرها
Do you not see that the cock has been empowered
Don't you see that the bodkin was enabled
on earth? So the governance is hers.
To penetrate the earth, so management its management?
فاغضبْso be angry علىat الأشياءthings أوor خلِّهاleave them be
فاغضبْ على الأشياء أو خلِّها
بحيثwhere أجرتْهاhave carried them مقاديرهاtheir destinies
بحيث أجرتْها مقاديرها
So rage at things, or leave them be
So be angry at things or leave them
where their destinies have carried them.
To where destiny has led them.