1. غنَّت فمسَّ القلبَ كلُّ كرْبِ

    واستوجبتْ منا أليمَ الضربِ

    She sang, and every anguish touched the heart.

    And deserved a painful beating from us.

  2. لها فمٌ مثلُ اتِّساع الدَّربِ

    وفَقْحةٌ مشقوقةٌ بالزُّبِ

    She has a mouth as wide as a road,

    And an anus split open by a cock.

  3. بَقْباقةٌ كبقبقات الحُبّ

    هدَّارةٌ مثلُ هدير النُّجْبِ

    She gurgles like the gurgling of a water jar,

    She bellows like the roaring of fine-bred camels.

  4. وهْي على ما أظهرت من عُجْبِ

    وتدَّعيه من شَجىً وحُبِّ

    Yet she, for all the conceit she has shown,

    And the heartache and love she claims,

  5. وتشتكيه من رياح الجَنْبِ

    نافرةُ الصَّوت خَرُوج الضَّربِ

    And the wind in her side she complains of,

    Is harsh of voice and off the beat.

  6. حَسْبِيَ مِنها يا نديمي حسبي

    قد أَصدأَتْ سمعي وغمَّتْ قلبي

    Enough of her, my drinking companion, enough!

    She has indeed rusted my hearing and clouded my heart.