ألاLo! قُلsay لنحويِّكَto your grammarian الأخفشِal-Akhfash
ألا قُل لنحويِّكَ الأخفشِ
أنِسْتَyou grew familiar فأقصِرْso desist ولمand not yet تُوحِشِgive offense
أنِسْتَ فأقصِرْ ولم تُوحِشِ
Lo, tell your grammarian al-Akhfash:
O grammarian al-Akhfash, listen!
You have grown familiar; desist before you give offense.
You were friendly, so be brief and do not alienate.
وماand not كنتَwere you عنfrom غيَّةٍwaywardness مُقصِراًdesisting
وما كنتَ عن غيَّةٍ مُقصِراً
وأشلاءُand the remains of أُمكyour mother لمnot تُنْبَشِwere exhumed
وأشلاءُ أُمك لم تُنْبَشِ
Yet you were never one to desist from error,
You have never been remiss in your love.
while your mother's remains lay unexhumed.
Nor have your mother's ribs been smashed.
تحدّيتَyou challenged صَلّاًan asp وفيand in نفْثهits breath
تحدّيتَ صَلّاً وفي نفْثه
نذيرٌa warning فأقلِعso desist ولمand not yet تُنهشwere bitten
نذيرٌ فأقلِع ولم تُنهش
You challenged an asp, whose breath holds
You challenged me to a duel, and in your breath
a warning; desist while you are still unbitten.
Was a warning, so stop and do not tear me apart.
أباO father of حسنHasan إنّنيindeed I سائلٌam a questioner
أبا حسن إنّني سائلٌ
فأعددso prepare جواباًan answer ولاand do not تَدْهشbe bewildered
فأعدد جواباً ولا تَدْهش
Abu Hasan, I have a question:
Abu Hasan, I ask you—
prepare an answer, and do not be bewildered.
Prepare an answer and do not panic.
أليسَis not? أبوكyour father بنيthe children of آدمٍAdam
أليسَ أبوك بني آدمٍ
فأنَّىthen how طُمسْتَwere you effaced ولمand not تُنقَشengraved
فأنَّى طُمسْتَ ولم تُنقَش
Is your father not one of Adam's children?
Is not your father a son of Adam?
How, then, were you effaced without ever being engraved?
So how can you be blotted out and not engraved?
ولمْand why جئتَdid you come أسودَblack ذاpossessing حُلكةٍpitch-darkness
ولمْ جئتَ أسودَ ذا حُلكةٍ
ولمand not تأتِcome كالحيةlike the snake الأرقشthe speckled one
ولم تأتِ كالحية الأرقش
And why did you come black, pitch-dark,
Why did you come black-skinned
and not like a speckled snake?
Rather than piebald like a sand grouse?
لقدindeed غُشّwas deceived فيكabout you أبٌa father غافلٌunwitting
لقد غُشّ فيك أبٌ غافلٌ
فماfor no دُهمةٌblackness فيكin you لمnot تُغشَشwas adulterated
فما دُهمةٌ فيك لم تُغشَش
An unwitting father was surely deceived about you,
You were cheated by a heedless father.
for no blackness in you has escaped adulteration.
No blot in you went unblackened.
أبٌّa father ذوpossessing فِراشٍa marriage bed ولكنهbut it
أبٌّ ذو فِراشٍ ولكنه
لأيِّfor which البريةcreature لمnot يُفرَشwas spread
لأيِّ البرية لم يُفرَش
A father who owned a marriage bed—but
A father with a bed, and yet
for what creature was that bed not spread?
To which desert was he not bedded?
أماindeed والقريضby poetry وأسواقهand its markets
أما والقريض وأسواقه
ونَجْشكand your sham bidding فيهin it منamong النُّجَّشthe sham bidders
ونَجْشك فيه من النُّجَّش
By verse and its markets,
By the poems and their markets
and your sham bidding there among the sham bidders,
And your bargains among the hagglers,
ودعْواكand your claim to عرفانknowledge نُقَّادهits critics
ودعْواك عرفان نُقَّاده
بفضلِof the superiority of النَقيِّthe unblemished علىover الأنمشthe freckled
بفضلِ النَقيِّ على الأنمش
and your claim to its critics' knowledge
And their claims, recognized by the critics
of the unblemished's superiority over the freckled:
For the excellence of the sincere over the faulty.
لئنْeven if جِئتَyou came ذاwith بَشرٍskin حالكٍpitch-black
لئنْ جِئتَ ذا بَشرٍ حالكٍ
لقدcertainly جئتَyou came ذاwith نسبa lineage أبرشmottled
لقد جئتَ ذا نسب أبرش
though you came with pitch-black skin,
If you came light-skinned, that would be your nature,
you certainly came with a mottled lineage.
But you came of bright lineage.
وماand no واحدٌperson جاءcame منfrom أمهhis mother
وما واحدٌ جاء من أمه
بأعجبis more astonishing منthan ناقدٍa critic أخفشbleary-eyed (al-Akhfash)
بأعجب من ناقدٍ أخفش
No one born of his mother
No one came from his mother
is stranger than a bleary-eyed critic.
Stranger than the critic Akhfash.
ألاLo! ياO ابنson of تلكthat woman التيwho كارمتْvied in generosity
ألا يا ابن تلك التي كارمتْ
أيورَcocks of الزناةِthe adulterers ولمand not تَرتشtake a bribe
أيورَ الزناةِ ولم تَرتش
O son of her who vied in generosity
O son of she who whored
with adulterers' cocks, taking no bribe,
With the adulterers and took no bribes,
وأضحتْand she came to تَعِيرُroam معwith العائِريthe roamers (first part)
وأضحتْ تَعِيرُ مع العائِري
نَplural ending فيin زُمرةa band of البَقَشthe rabble الأبقشthe motley
نَ في زُمرة البَقَش الأبقش
and went roaming with the roamers—
Who now mocks openly
among the motley rabble.
Among the vilest of outcasts,
ولمْand why لاnot تَعيرُshould she roam ولمand not تضربُواyou set up
ولمْ لا تَعيرُ ولم تضربُوا
عليهاover her حجابَthe screen of بنيthe clan of دَنقَشِDanqash
عليها حجابَ بني دَنقَشِ
Why should she not roam, when you never set
Who was not veiled or punished
over her the screen of Banu Danqash,
By the robes of the Danqash.
ولمand not تحرسواyou guarded خَلَواتِthe secluded recesses of استِهاher ass
ولم تحرسوا خَلَواتِ استِها
برقبةِwith the watch of زَخْشٍZakhsh ولاnor خُتَّشKhuttash
برقبةِ زَخْشٍ ولا خُتَّش
nor guarded the secluded recesses of her ass
Her privacies were not guarded
with the watch of Zakhsh or Khuttash?
By the neck of a eunuch or a castrate.
فماthen what ظَنُّكمْis your expectation بالتيof the woman who لمnot تزمwas bridled (first part)
فما ظَنُّكمْ بالتي لم تزم
مُcompletion of 'was bridled' ياO للرجالmen, to the rescue ولمand not تُخْشَشwas fitted with a nose-rein
مُ يا للرجال ولم تُخْشَش
What do you expect of a woman left unbridled—
What did you think of one who never reined in
O men!—and unfitted with a nose-rein?
Her lust for men or felt shame?
أليستْdoes she not? تسيرُgo علىupon وجهِهاher face
أليستْ تسيرُ على وجهِها
بسيرةin the manner of سَيْدوكَSayduk أوor دَنْهشDanhash
بسيرة سَيْدوكَ أو دَنْهش
Does she not go her own way,
Does she not go about
in the manner of Sayduk or Danhash?
Like a lustful Sa'id or Danhash?
وأنَّىand how تعفُّcan she be chaste وفيwhile in طيزهاher ass
وأنَّى تعفُّ وفي طيزها
سعيرٌa blaze يهرُّsnarls علىat الحُشَّشthe grass-gatherers
سعيرٌ يهرُّ على الحُشَّش
How can she be chaste, when in her ass
How can she be chaste when in her rear
a blaze snarls at the grass-gatherers?
A blaze rages over the bushes?
تظلُّshe spends the day إذاwhen قلَّruns short قثَّاؤهاher cucumbers
تظلُّ إذا قلَّ قثَّاؤها
تَموشُgleans البقاياthe leftovers معwith الموَّشthe gleaners
تَموشُ البقايا مع الموَّش
When her cucumbers run short, she spends the day
When her twat's vermin sleep,
gleaning leftovers with the gleaners.
The remnants seethe like fermented booze.
تُناكshe is fucked ودَيُّوثُهاand her cuckold نائمٌis asleep
تُناك ودَيُّوثُها نائمٌ
يَفُشُّlets out الفُسَيّاlittle farts معwith الفُشّشthe farters
يَفُشُّ الفُسَيّا مع الفُشّش
She is fucked while her cuckold sleeps,
She cuckolds her husband, saying to him
letting out little farts with the farters.
as he sleeps, "Feign ignorance, as if in a sheep pen!"
وكمand how often جَاهَرتْهshe confronted him openly وقالتand said لهto him
وكم جَاهَرتْه وقالت له
تَغَافلpretend not to notice كأنَكas though you فيin مَرْعشMar'ash
تَغَافل كأنَك في مَرْعش
How often she confronted him openly and told him:
When she desires, she does not fear his wrath,
Look the other way, as though you were in Mar'ash.
For the virile one is just like her, aroused.
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle احْتشتْshe gathered grass لمnot تَخفshe feared سُخطَهُhis wrath
إذا ما احْتشتْ لم تَخف سُخطَهُ
لأنbecause الفتىthe fellow مثلهاlike her مُحتشa grass-gatherer
لأن الفتى مثلها مُحتش
Whenever she gathers grass, she fears not his wrath,
What do they copulate with but an old hag
for the fellow, like her, gathers grass.
Who has submitted to every submitter?
وماذاand what ينيكُونdo they fuck منin شيخةٍan old woman
وماذا ينيكُون من شيخةٍ
قدindeed استكْرشَتْshe grew potbellied كلَّevery مُستَكرَشpossible degree of potbelliedness
قد استكْرشَتْ كلَّ مُستَكرَش
And what is there to fuck in an old woman
Her ass is covered by a rag—inevitably
who has grown potbellied in every possible way?
Like wool on lice it cannot be rid of.
كساclothed طيزهاher ass شمطٌgrizzled hair لابدٌmatted
كسا طيزها شمطٌ لابدٌ
علىover القملthe lice كالصوفlike wool لمnot يُنْفشcarded
على القمل كالصوف لم يُنْفش
Matted, grizzled hair clothes her ass,
If she is mentioned, her mention
over the lice, like wool never carded.
Is not easier than the stench of a corpse.
إذاwhen ذُكرتْshe is mentioned لمnot يكنis ذِكرهاher mention
إذا ذُكرتْ لم يكن ذِكرها
بأيسرany less نتناًin stench منthan المَنْبَشthe dug-up remains
بأيسر نتناً من المَنْبَش
When she is mentioned, her mention is not
My excuse, son of her who does not cease
any less foul-smelling than unearthed remains.
To be mounted like a fluttering bird,
عذيريwho will defend me? منagainst ابنthe son of التيthe woman who لمnot تزلcease
عذيري من ابن التي لم تزل
تُقلَّبُis tossed about كالطائرlike the bird المَرْعشmade to tremble
تُقلَّبُ كالطائر المَرْعش
Who will defend me against the son of her who never ceased
Is that daily they long for some debaucher
being tossed about like a trembling bird?
Like a dove for its nest.
لهماfor the two of them كلَّevery يومday إلىtoward فاسقٍa libertine
لهما كلَّ يوم إلى فاسقٍ
حَنينُthe yearning of قطامٍQatam إلىfor جَحْوَشJahwash
حَنينُ قطامٍ إلى جَحْوَش
Each day the two of them feel for a libertine
Until he saw in her vagina a longing
the yearning of Qatam for Jahwash,
For fucking like that of a she-goat in heat.
إلىuntil أنthat قَرىdeposited فيin حشاهاher womb الزَناfornication
إلى أن قَرى في حشاها الزَنا
حنيناًa longing (unclear in context) منfrom الرنَشthe motley rabble الأرنشthe most motley
حنيناً من الرنَش الأرنش
until fornication deposited in her womb
Your black mother brought you,
a longing from the most motley rabble.
A baboon in the heat of her bed.
أُسَيْوِدُa little black fellow جاءَتshe came بهwith him قردةٌa she-ape
أُسَيْوِدُ جاءَت به قردةٌ
سُوَيداءُa little black female غاويةُwanton المفْرَشthe bed
سُوَيداءُ غاويةُ المفْرَش
A little black fellow, brought forth by a she-ape,
She brought you in the blackness of her cunt
a little black one, wanton in bed.
With ears the color of apricots.
أتتناshe came to us بهwith him فيin سَوادthe blackness of استهاher ass
أتتنا به في سَواد استها
وأذناهand his two ears فيin صفرةthe yellowness of المشمشapricots
وأذناه في صفرة المشمش
She brought him to us in the blackness of her ass,
Huge as a hearth, a leader
his two ears the yellow of apricots.
Tall and unharmed.
عظيمَa chief of كَشاخِنةٍcuckolds قائداًa pimp
عظيمَ كَشاخِنةٍ قائداً
طويلlong السلامةunharmed لمnot يُخدَشscratched
طويل السلامة لم يُخدَش
A chief of cuckolds, a pimp,
As if the years of insult upon him
long unharmed, never scratched.
Were the dawn against the deep night.
كأنas though سناthe gleam of الشَّتمabuse فيin عرضهhis honor
كأن سنا الشَّتم في عرضه
سناthe gleam of الفجرdawn فيin السحَرthe predawn الأغبشthe murky
سنا الفجر في السحَر الأغبش
As though the gleam of abuse upon his honor
Listen to her stories awake,
were dawn's gleam in the murky predawn.
For you are stupidly oblivious.
تسمَّعْlisten closely to أحاديثَهاher stories صاحياًsober
تسمَّعْ أحاديثَها صاحياً
فإنكfor you منfrom حُمقٍstupidity مُنْتَشare intoxicated
فإنك من حُمقٍ مُنْتَش
Listen soberly to her stories,
Did your mother bring you from a slave girl?
for stupidity has made you drunk.
Then if you are blind, do not blink!
أتتcame بكwith you أمكyour mother منfrom أمةٍa whole nation
أتت بك أمك من أمةٍ
فإنso if كنتyou are أعمىblind فلاthen do not تطرشbe deaf
فإن كنت أعمى فلا تطرش
Your mother brought you forth from a whole nation;
Do you eat from me and when sated
if you are blind, do not be deaf as well.
Still drink from me and remain thirsty?
أتأكُلُdo you eat منيfrom me ولمّاand not yet تَجُعْgrow hungry
أتأكُلُ مني ولمّا تَجُعْ
وتشربُand drink منيfrom me ولمand not تَعْطشgrow thirsty
وتشربُ مني ولم تَعْطش
Do you eat from me, not yet hungry,
Your blame is deserved and excellent;
and drink from me, though not thirsty?
We have conveyed it to you ahead of informing.
ولؤْمُكَand your baseness لؤمٌis baseness لهit has فضلُهُits distinction
ولؤْمُكَ لؤمٌ له فضلُهُ
رَوَيناهُwe related it قِدماًlong ago علىon the authority of الأعْمشal-A'mash
رَوَيناهُ قِدماً على الأعْمش
Your baseness is baseness with its own distinction;
It was clear though the sun had set
we related it long ago on al-A'mash's authority.
And dark though night had not thickened.
تَبَيّنَit became manifest والشمسwhile the sun معدومةwas absent
تَبَيّنَ والشمس معدومة
وأظلمَand it darkened والليلُwhile the night لمnot yet يَغْطَشgrew dark
وأظلمَ والليلُ لم يَغْطَش
It became manifest while the sun was absent,
I say: there came to me that
and darkened before night grew dark.
He will copy my satire with other satires.
أقولُI say وقدand already جاءنيit reached me أنهthat he
أقولُ وقد جاءني أنه
ينوشُtakes swipes at هِجائيsatirizing me معwith النوَّشthe assailants
ينوشُ هِجائي مع النوَّش
I say, having been told that he
When fate reverses its laws,
takes swipes at me in satire with the other assailants:
The weakest of men strikes harshest.
إذاwhen عكسreverses الدهرُTime أحكامَهُits judgments
إذا عكس الدهرُ أحكامَهُ
سطاassaults أضعفُthe weakest of القومthe people بالأبطشthe strongest
سطا أضعفُ القوم بالأبطش
When Time reverses its judgments,
By the one who colored you black—
the weakest of men assaults the strongest.
The darkness of night and the blindness of mist—
أماindeed ومُحلِّيكby the one who adorned you بالأسوَدَيwith the two black things (first part)
أما ومُحلِّيك بالأسوَدَي
نdual ending لونthe color of الدُجىnight's darkness والعمىand blindness الأغطشpitch-dark
ن لون الدُجى والعمى الأغطش
By Him who adorned you with the two black things—
You will confess satires that show you
night's color and pitch-dark blindness—
Your death though you live luxuriously.
لتعترفنَّyou shall surely recognize هجاءًa satire يُريshows (continued)
لتعترفنَّ هجاءً يُري
كyou (attached object) مَوْتكyour death عيْشَكyour life فيamong العُيَّشthe living
ك مَوْتك عيْشَك في العُيَّش
you shall surely recognize a satire that shows
Gently, I will visit you in your bed
you your death while you live among the living.
And flow as is your habit, unhindered.
رويداًwait a little تَزُركthey will visit you علىat رِسلهاtheir leisure
رويداً تَزُرك على رِسلها
وتَجريand flow كعهدِكas you have known them لمnot تُنكشbe exhausted
وتَجري كعهدِك لم تُنكش
Wait a little: they will visit you at their leisure,
When they hear it, your mocking verses
and flow as you have known them, never exhausted:
Will laugh, though you show no joy,
قوافrhymes إذاwhen أنتyou أُسمِعتهماare made to hear them both
قواف إذا أنت أُسمِعتهما
ضحكتyou laugh إليهاat them ولمand not تَبْششshow gladness
ضحكت إليها ولم تَبْشش
rhymes that, when you are made to hear them both,
Like the mule who brays when the pilgrim passes,
make you laugh at them without gladness,
Though the pilgrim does not rejoice.
كماjust as ضحِكَgrins البغلُthe mule لوَّىtwists الزياthe twitch (first part)
كما ضحِكَ البغلُ لوَّى الزيا
رُcompletion of 'the twitch' جحْفَلةًa lip منْهof its لمnot تهششshow delight
رُ جحْفَلةً منْه لم تهشش
as a mule grins when the twitch twists
You will go proudly riding it,
one of its lips, without delight.
Though you are the lowest of outcasts.
تروحُyou go forth بهاwith them سيداًa lord نابهاًof renown
تروحُ بها سيداً نابهاً
وإنeven if كُنتَyou are فيamong الوَبَشthe rabble الأوبشthe vilest
وإن كُنتَ في الوَبَش الأوبش
With them you go forth a lord of renown,
You profited and caused me loss.
though you belong to the vilest rabble.
You shot arrows and I was hit by arrows.
ولهفيalas for me ربِحتَyou profited وأخسرْتنيand made me lose
ولهفي ربِحتَ وأخسرْتني
نَبلْتَyou rose in esteem وطشتُand I acted rashly معwith الطيَّشthe rash
نَبلْتَ وطشتُ مع الطيَّش
Alas for me! You profited and made me lose;
In sleep I had relief,
you rose in esteem; I grew rash among the rash.
But you stumbled and did not revive me.
وقدand indeed كانthere was فيin الحلمforbearance ليfor me فُسحةٌample room
وقد كان في الحلم لي فُسحةٌ
ولكنbut عثرتَyou stumbled ولمand not تُنعشwere raised up
ولكن عثرتَ ولم تُنعش
Forbearance had offered me ample room,
I am quit of whoever envied me
but you stumbled and were not raised up.
And did as he wished with impunity.
وإنّيand I indeed لمِبْرىًam surely a paring blade لمنfor whoever كادنيplotted against me
وإنّي لمِبْرىً لمن كادني
وماand whatever شِئتَyou wish منof صَنعٍa skilled craftsman مِريَشan arrow-fletcher
وما شِئتَ من صَنعٍ مِريَش
I am indeed a paring blade for whoever plots against me,
Tomorrow my words will be icy daggers
as skilled an arrow-fletcher as you could wish.
That will wound—so unsheathe and slash!
أحينَis it when غداbecame مِقْوليmy tongue مبرَداًa file
أحينَ غدا مِقْولي مبرَداً
حجشتyou scraped against شباهits sharp edge ألاcome now فاجْحَشthen scrape
حجشت شباه ألا فاجْحَش
Is it now, when my tongue has become a file,
Do not try to endure your brother's forbearance,
that you graze its edge? Come then, scrape away!
For his arrow will not miss you.
أُخيَّكyour little brother لاdo not تستطِشgoad into rashness حِلمَهُhis forbearance
أُخيَّك لا تستطِش حِلمَهُ
فماfor not سَهمُهُhis arrow عنكaway from you بالأطيشprone to miss
فما سَهمُهُ عنك بالأطيش
Your little brother—do not goad his forbearance into rashness;
You set upon the thorns of his dispraises
for his arrow is not one to miss you.
Though their thorns cannot be uprooted.
عرضْتَyou exposed yourself لشوكto the thorns of قتاداتهhis qatad bushes
عرضْتَ لشوك قتاداته
وماand not شَوْكُهُنّtheir thorns بمستنقشable to be extracted
وما شَوْكُهُنّ بمستنقش
You exposed yourself to the thorns of his qatad bushes,
Tomorrow the critics will gather
and their thorns cannot be extracted.
To skin, not adorn, the lamb.
غداwent out in the morning الحارِشُونthe lizard-hunters معاًtogether للضَباafter lizards (first part)
غدا الحارِشُون معاً للضَبا
بcompletion of 'lizards' لاnot للمُقرَّنةafter the horned ones النُهَّشthe biters
ب لا للمُقرَّنة النُهَّش
The lizard-hunters went out together after lizards—
And I will make you among them
not horned, biting serpents.
Target for snakes amid their hissing.
وأغداكand sent you forth حَيْنُكyour doom منfrom بينهِمtheir midst
وأغداك حَيْنُك من بينهِم
لحرشto provoke الأفاعيvipers معwith الحُرَّشthe provokers
لحرش الأفاعي مع الحُرَّش
But your doom sent you out from among them,
You are their ass, accustomed to it,
to provoke vipers with the provokers.
Yet your circumstance was not readied.
وأنتand you قليبa well لهاfor them مَستقىًa source to draw from
وأنت قليب لها مَستقىً
ولكنَّbut جالكyour well's rim لمnot يُعرشwas timbered
ولكنَّ جالك لم يُعرش
You are a well for them to draw from,
Witty, at ease with subtlety,
but your rim has not been timbered.
Yet ignorant, in a desolate place.
ظريفٌa wit وفيand in الظُرفwit مستأنسٌcongenial
ظريفٌ وفي الظُرف مستأنسٌ
وفيand in الجهلignorance موضعُa place مستوحشdesolate
وفي الجهل موضعُ مستوحش
A wit, congenial in the realm of wit,
And I was told that you are enraged
yet in ignorance a desolate place.
At the heat of my satire and frenzied.
ونُبِّئتُand I was told أنكthat you فيin مَلطمٍa place of slapping
ونُبِّئتُ أنك في مَلطمٍ
لحرِّfrom the heat of هجائيmy satire وفيand in مَخمَشa place of scratching
لحرِّ هجائي وفي مَخمَش
I am told you are battered
Yet you are accustomed to such,
by my satire's heat, and clawed.
So how did you wilt like withered plants?
وأنتand you المعوَّدaccustomed to أمثالهاtheir like
وأنت المعوَّد أمثالها
فأنىthen how نَفَشْتَdid you bristle معwith النُّفَّشthe bristlers
فأنى نَفَشْتَ مع النُّفَّش
Yet you are accustomed to such things;
You were duped by a flash, warning
why, then, did you bristle with the bristlers?
Of a lightning strike of blazing embers.
غُررتyou were deceived ببارقةٍby a lightning flash أنْذَرَتْthat warned
غُررت ببارقةٍ أنْذَرَتْ
بصاعقةٍof a thunderbolt منfrom لَظىthe blaze of مُحْمَشone provoked to fury
بصاعقةٍ من لَظى مُحْمَش
You were deceived by a lightning flash that warned
I see you thought it deception
of a thunderbolt from an angered one's blaze.
And were struck down, by my life, without being deceived.
أراكI see you توهَّمتَهاtook it to be بُغشَةًa light shower
أراك توهَّمتَها بُغشَةً
صُعِقتَyou were thunderstruck لعمريby my life ولمand not تُبغشwere sprinkled with rain
صُعِقتَ لعمري ولم تُبغش
I see you mistook it for a light shower;
Not everyone whose mother whored
you were thunderstruck, by my life, not sprinkled.
Was exposed to the most disgraceful.
وماand not كلeveryone منwhose أفحشَتْbehaved obscenely أُمُّهُhis mother
وما كل من أفحشَتْ أُمُّهُ
تعرَّضexposed himself للقذَعto vile abuse الأفحشstill fouler
تعرَّض للقذَع الأفحش
Not everyone whose mother behaved obscenely
has exposed himself to still fouler abuse.
Partial English translation: 120 of 122 Arabic lines translated.