1. لشنطفَ كعثبٌ خلقُ

    تشعَّب جوفه طرقُ

    Shantaf has a worn-out vulva;

    paths branch through its hollow.

  2. مريح منتن أبداً

    على جنباته لثقُ

    Reeking, forever putrid,

    wet slime lies along its sides.

  3. كمثل البحر يخشى في

    ه هول المد والغرق

    Like the sea, where one fears

    the terror of the tide and drowning.

  4. يسيل لعابه أبداً

    وتأكل بطنه الحرق

    Its saliva flows ceaselessly,

    and burning pains devour its belly.

  5. كقدر لا يزال يسي

    ل من أثقابها المرق

    Like a pot with a ceaseless flow

    of broth from its holes.

  6. تخوض فياشل الأوغا

    د لجته وتخترق

    The scoundrels' penis-heads wade

    through its depths and penetrate it.

  7. كثير الضحك فالشفتا

    ن منه ليس تنطبق

    Much given to laughter, its two lips

    never close together.

  8. تعوَّد ذاك خلقاً فه

    و طول الدهر منفلق

    That has become its habit, so it

    stays split open for all time.

  9. لها إبط كريح المي

    ت منه الرشح والعرق

    She has an armpit like a corpse's stench;

    from it come seepage and sweat.

  10. تقول لمن تصابره

    مكانك ليس نفترق

    She says to whoever she tries to outlast:

    “Stay where you are; we shall not part.”

  11. وأشهى من أغانيها

    إلي النار والفلق

    And more desirable than her songs

    to me are fire and calamity.

  12. وأحمى من أحاديث

    تحدثنا بها الدمق

    And warmer than the tales

    she tells us is the snowstorm.

  13. قُصَيِّرَةٌ حُقَيِّرةٌ

    قليل قدرها شفق

    A short little thing, a paltry little thing,

    her worth is meager and paltry.

  14. تَمَلَّقُنا وليس يطي

    ب منها ذلك الملق

    She flatters us, but it gives no pleasure,

    that flattery of hers.

  15. وتدعونا إلى بثق

    بشر الماء ينبثق

    And she invites us to a breach

    gushing with the foulest water.

  16. فيأخذنا لذاك الزم

    ع والإشفاق والفرق

    So at that we are seized by trembling,

    and apprehension and fear.

  17. وتظهر عفة وتمي

    ل نحو فتى شبق

    And she displays chastity, yet inclines

    toward a lustful young man.

  18. كأن الرأس منها لم

    يركَّب تحته عنق

    As though that head of hers had no

    neck fitted beneath it.

  19. وتخضب رأسها والوج

    ه يشهد أنها خلق

    And she dyes her head, while her face

    testifies that she is worn out.

  20. وليس لطيبها عبق

    ولكن نتنها عبق

    And her perfume has no fragrance,

    but her stench lingers.

  21. لقد كملت مقابحها

    فلا خلق ولا خلق

    Indeed, her ugliness is complete:

    so she has neither beauty nor good character.