أخالدُ قد عادْيتَ فيَّ كَراكا

أخالدُ قد عادْيتَ فيَّ كَراكا

وأتعبتَ في حَوْكِ القريضِ قُواكا

وأتعبتَ في حَوْكِ القريضِ قُواكا

O Khalid, you have waged war on your sleep because of me,

Akhallad, you have wronged me with enmity,

And exhausted your strength in weaving verse.

And have wearied yourself in composing satire,

فلا تَهْجُنِي إني أخُوك لآدمٍ

فلا تَهْجُنِي إني أخُوك لآدمٍ

وحَسْبي هجاءً أن أكون أخاكا

وحَسْبي هجاءً أن أكون أخاكا

So do not lampoon me: I am your brother through Adam,

So do not blame me, for I am your brother in Adam,

And being your brother is insult enough for me.

And it is enough to revile me that I am your brother.

أخالدُ لا قُدّستَ من بعلِ زوجةٍ

أخالدُ لا قُدّستَ من بعلِ زوجةٍ

يُصنّعُها في بيته لتُناكا

يُصنّعُها في بيته لتُناكا

O Khalid, may you never be blessed, husband of a wife

Akhallad, you are no saint away from a husband's authority,

Whom he adorns in his house to be fucked.

Who makes her submissive in his house to be mounted,

تُقرّبها للنائكين مطيةً

تُقرّبها للنائكين مطيةً

جهاراً وربُّ العالمين يراكا

جهاراً وربُّ العالمين يراكا

You offer her to the fuckers as a mount,

He offers her to sleepers as a mare,

Openly, while the Lord of the worlds sees you.

Publicly, while the Lord of the Worlds watches you.

بلا رُزْءِ دينار ولا رزء دِرهم

بلا رُزْءِ دينار ولا رزء دِرهم

سوى أنَّهم يشفون منك حُكاكا

سوى أنَّهم يشفون منك حُكاكا

Without costing a dinar or a dirham,

Without a ounce of dinar or dirham,

Except that they relieve your itch.

Except that they quench their thirst through you.

أما لكَ يا شَرَّ الخلائِقِ حميةٌ

أما لكَ يا شَرَّ الخلائِقِ حميةٌ

ولا غيرة أن يستباح حماكا

ولا غيرة أن يستباح حماكا

Have you no sense of honor, O worst of creatures,

Don't you have any zeal, O worst of creatures,

Nor jealousy when your sanctuary is violated?

That your privacy is violated?

بلى ربما استخليتَهم فضلَ خلوةٍ

بلى ربما استخليتَهم فضلَ خلوةٍ

فغرْتَ عليهم واستشطْتَ لذاكا

فغرْتَ عليهم واستشطْتَ لذاكا

Yes, perhaps you sought extra time alone with them,

Rather, perhaps you secluded them in private,

Then grew jealous over them and flew into a rage at that.

Then you were delighted with them and took pleasure in that.

تغارُ على عُسْبِ الرجال وإنما

تغارُ على عُسْبِ الرجال وإنما

يغارُ على عُقْرِ النساءِ سِواكا

يغارُ على عُقْرِ النساءِ سِواكا

You are jealous over men's members, whereas

You are jealous over men's penises, yet

Others are jealous over women's private parts.

Only you are jealous over violating women.

عشوتَ إلى ناري بحُلم فراشةٍ

عشوتَ إلى ناري بحُلم فراشةٍ

فصادفتَها نزَّاعةً لشواكا

فصادفتَها نزَّاعةً لشواكا

You groped toward my fire with a moth's good sense,

You came to my fire with the patience of a moth,

And found it stripping away your scalp.

So you encountered it blazing with thorns.