لشنطفَbelonging to Shantaf كعثبٌa vulva خلقُworn-out
لشنطفَ كعثبٌ خلقُ
تشعَّبbranch out جوفهits hollow طرقُpaths
تشعَّب جوفه طرقُ
Shantaf has a worn-out vulva;
His bag is like a fox in creation,
paths branch through its hollow.
Its interior split into many paths,
مريحreeking منتنputrid أبداًalways
مريح منتن أبداً
علىon جنباتهits sides لثقُwet slime
على جنباته لثقُ
Reeking, forever putrid,
Always emitting a rotten stench,
wet slime lies along its sides.
With thick spittle on its sides.
كمثلlike البحرthe sea يخشىis feared فيin
كمثل البحر يخشى في
هit (completing فيه) هولterror المدthe tide والغرقand drowning
ه هول المد والغرق
Like the sea, where one fears
It is like a sea that inspires horror
the terror of the tide and drowning.
In its terrible tide and drowning,
يسيلflows لعابهits saliva أبداًalways
يسيل لعابه أبداً
وتأكلand devour بطنهits belly الحرقburning pains
وتأكل بطنه الحرق
Its saliva flows ceaselessly,
Its saliva flowing endlessly,
and burning pains devour its belly.
While its belly is corroded by burning.
كقدرlike a pot لاnot يزالceases يسيflows (beginning of يسيل)
كقدر لا يزال يسي
لcompletion of يسيل ('flows') منfrom أثقابهاits holes المرقthe broth
ل من أثقابها المرق
Like a pot with a ceaseless flow
Like a pot that keeps pouring
of broth from its holes.
From its many spouts the broth,
تخوضwade فياشلpenis-heads الأوغاthe scoundrels (beginning of الأوغاد)
تخوض فياشل الأوغا
دcompletion of الأوغاد ('scoundrels') لجتهits depths وتخترقand penetrate
د لجته وتخترق
The scoundrels' penis-heads wade
Wading into the morass of vices
through its depths and penetrate it.
And penetrating them.
كثيرmuch given to الضحكlaughter فالشفتاso the two lips (beginning of فالشفتان)
كثير الضحك فالشفتا
نcompletion of الشفتان ('two lips') منهof it ليسnot تنطبقclose together
ن منه ليس تنطبق
Much given to laughter, its two lips
Much laughter, yet his lips
never close together.
Do not come together at all.
تعوَّدbecame accustomed to ذاكthat خلقاًas a habit فهso it (beginning of فهو)
تعوَّد ذاك خلقاً فه
وcompletion of فهو ('so it') طولthroughout الدهرall time منفلقsplit open
و طول الدهر منفلق
That has become its habit, so it
He has grown accustomed to that nature,
stays split open for all time.
So he is split open for ages.
لهاshe has إبطan armpit كريحlike the odor of الميthe corpse (beginning of الميت)
لها إبط كريح المي
تcompletion of الميت ('the corpse') منهfrom it الرشحseepage والعرقand sweat
ت منه الرشح والعرق
She has an armpit like a corpse's stench;
It has an armpit like a wind of death,
from it come seepage and sweat.
Dripping from it moisture and sweat.
تقولshe says لمنto whoever تصابرهshe tries to outlast him
تقول لمن تصابره
مكانكstay in your place ليسnot نفترقwe part
مكانك ليس نفترق
She says to whoever she tries to outlast:
It says to those who tolerate it:
“Stay where you are; we shall not part.”
"Your place is not to part from me."
وأشهىand more desirable منthan أغانيهاher songs
وأشهى من أغانيها
إليto me النارfire والفلقand calamity
إلي النار والفلق
And more desirable than her songs
And its songs are more enticing to me
to me are fire and calamity.
Than fire and dawn,
وأحمىand warmer منthan أحاديثtales
وأحمى من أحاديث
تحدثناshe tells us بهاwith them الدمقthe snowstorm
تحدثنا بها الدمق
And warmer than the tales
And its talks are hotter to me
she tells us is the snowstorm.
Than those we have at dusk.
قُصَيِّرَةٌa short little thing حُقَيِّرةٌa paltry little thing
قُصَيِّرَةٌ حُقَيِّرةٌ
قليلlittle قدرهاher worth شفقpaltry
قليل قدرها شفق
A short little thing, a paltry little thing,
Short, insignificant,
her worth is meager and paltry.
Little is its value.
تَمَلَّقُناshe flatters us وليسand not يطيis pleasing (beginning of يطيب)
تَمَلَّقُنا وليس يطي
بcompletion of يطيب ('is pleasing') منهاfrom her ذلكthat الملقflattery
ب منها ذلك الملق
She flatters us, but it gives no pleasure,
It fawns on us, yet that flattery
that flattery of hers.
Does not dress it in beauty.
وتدعوناand she invites us إلىto بثقa breach
وتدعونا إلى بثق
بشرwith the worst of الماءwater ينبثقgushes forth
بشر الماء ينبثق
And she invites us to a breach
And it invites us to rip
gushing with the foulest water.
The freshness of the water spring,
فيأخذناso seizes us لذاكbecause of that الزمtrembling (beginning of الزمع)
فيأخذنا لذاك الزم
عcompletion of الزمع ('trembling') والإشفاقand apprehension والفرقand fear
ع والإشفاق والفرق
So at that we are seized by trembling,
Then takes us to that time
and apprehension and fear.
Of ripening, compassion and separation.
وتظهرand she displays عفةchastity وتميand she inclines (beginning of وتميل)
وتظهر عفة وتمي
لcompletion of تميل ('inclines') نحوtoward فتىa young man شبقlustful
ل نحو فتى شبق
And she displays chastity, yet inclines
It displays chastity and inclines
toward a lustful young man.
Toward a passionate young man,
كأنas though الرأسthe head منهاof hers لمdid not
كأن الرأس منها لم
يركَّبbe fitted تحتهbeneath it عنقa neck
يركَّب تحته عنق
As though that head of hers had no
As if its head was not
neck fitted beneath it.
Fixed properly on its neck.
وتخضبand she dyes رأسهاher head والوجand the face (beginning of والوجه)
وتخضب رأسها والوج
هcompletion of الوجه ('the face') يشهدtestifies أنهاthat she is خلقworn out
ه يشهد أنها خلق
And she dyes her head, while her face
It dyes its hair, while its face
testifies that she is worn out.
Bears witness that it is unnatural.
وليسand not لطيبهاfor her perfume عبقfragrance
وليس لطيبها عبق
ولكنbut نتنهاher stench عبقlingering
ولكن نتنها عبق
And her perfume has no fragrance,
It has no fragrant scent,
but her stench lingers.
Only a stench of rottenness.
لقدindeed كملتbecame complete مقابحهاher ugly traits
لقد كملت مقابحها
فلاso no خلقphysical form ولاand no خلقmoral character
فلا خلق ولا خلق
Indeed, her ugliness is complete:
Indeed, its ugliness is complete,
so she has neither beauty nor good character.
No nature and no natural form.