1. زلقت في سُلاحها

    بالبطبطين شنطُفُ

    She slipped in her own shit—

    Shanṭuf, at al-Baṭbaṭayn.

  2. ثم قفّت بضرطة

    لم يعقها توقُّفُ

    Then she followed it with a fart,

    which no hesitation held back:

  3. ضرطة تسكت الرعو

    د وفيها تقصُّف

    a fart that silences thunder,

    and has a crashing report.

  4. ثم قامت مدلة

    تتشاجى فتعنُف

    Then she rose, acting coy,

    affecting plaintive song, then turning harsh.

  5. قيل قومي إلى الصَّرا

    ة فهذا تكلُّف

    She was told: 'Get up and go to al-Ṣarāt;

    this is mere affectation.

  6. ما مع الحالة التي

    أنت فيها تظرُف

    There is, in the state that

    you are in, no room for airs.

  7. ما التشاجي بطيبٍ

    منك والسلح ينطُف

    Affected plaintive singing is not pleasing

    from you while shit drips down.'

  8. فمضت تقصد الصرا

    ة وفيها تكسُّف

    So she went off toward al-Ṣarāt,

    and looked ashamed.

  9. ولأذيالها على

    قدميها تلفُّف

    And her trailing hems, around

    her feet, lay tangled.

  10. وتداعت لها الأكف

    ف وفيها تعجرُف

    And hands converged upon her,

    while she was full of swagger.

  11. أخذ الصفع رأسها

    وهي تعدو وتقطُف

    Slaps rained down on her head,

    as she ran with mincing steps.

  12. فانقضى ذلك التشا

    جي وزال التصلُّف

    So that affected plaintiveness ended,

    and her swagger was gone.

  13. قردة تدعي الغنا

    ء وفيها تخلُّف

    A she-ape claiming to sing,

    yet lacking the skill.

  14. قحبة تركب الأيو

    ر فيها تعسُّف

    A whore who rides cocks

    with reckless force.

  15. ليس في أنفس الكرا

    م إليها تشوُّف

    There is, in noble men's souls,

    no longing for her.

  16. ذات طيز بظوره

    أبد الدهر تنقُف

    She has an arse whose clitoral knobs

    peck away for ever.

  17. يبلع الفيل والبعي

    ر وفيه تلهُّف

    It swallows the elephant and the camel,

    yet still it hungers.

  18. كعصا صاحب العصا

    جل ذاك التلقُّف

    Like the staff of the man with the staff—

    how mighty that gulping!

  19. تطعم الأير تينةً

    قد علاها التحشُّف

    She feeds the cock a fig

    already shriveled all over.

  20. طالبتني بأن أني

    ك وعندي تعفُّف

    She demanded that I fuck her,

    though I keep myself chaste.

  21. قلت هيهات أو يحل

    لَ لأيري التكفُّف

    I said: 'Never—unless it becomes lawful

    for my cock to beg.

  22. حرم النيك أو يطي

    ب مبال وينظُف

    Fucking is forbidden unless

    a piss-hole grows sweet and clean.'

  23. ومن الفائت الذي

    ما عليه تأسُّف

    And among things foregone

    for which there is no regret:

  24. نيك سوداء كالدجى

    حين يدجو ويكثُف

    fucking a black woman, dark as night

    when it darkens and grows dense.

  25. حليها الشيب لا أكا

    ليل تحلو وتطرُف

    Gray hair is her jewelry, not garlands

    that are lovely and novel.

  26. فعلى الوجه كرفس

    وعلى الرأس كرسُف

    So there is celery on her face,

    and cotton on her head.

  27. منظر لا يروق عي

    ناً وإن كان يطرُف

    A sight that pleases no eye,

    though it is a curiosity.

  28. كان للحسن يوسفٌ

    وهي للقبح يوسُف

    Beauty had its Yūsuf,

    and she is ugliness's Yūsuf.

  29. يضع الشتم قبحها

    هي بالشتم تشرُف

    Her ugliness debases abuse;

    she is ennobled by abuse.

  30. تجحد الله ربها

    وعلى الأير تعكُف

    She denies God, her Lord,

    and devotes herself to the cock.

  31. مسح شيراز عينها

    شغلُها والتنغُّف

    Wiping curds from her eye

    and picking her nose are her work.

  32. وغدةٌ لم يزل لها

    بالمخازي تشرُّف

    A wretch who has always

    taken pride in disgrace.

  33. لو غدت وهي كعبة

    ما استُحِلَّ التطوُّف

    Even if she became a Kaaba,

    circling her would not be lawful.

  34. همها الدهر مدمَجٌ

    لحفافيه أحرُف

    Her constant concern is a compact shaft,

    with ridges along its two sides.

  35. هرمت فهي في قيو

    د من الكبر ترسُف

    She has grown old, and in the fetters

    of old age she shuffles.

  36. يا أبا القاسم الذي

    في ذراه التضيُّف

    O Abū al-Qāsim, in whose

    shelter guests find hospitality,

  37. والذي لم يزل له

    في المعالي تصرُّف

    and who has always held

    sway in lofty pursuits,

  38. والذي لم يزل يجل

    ل ومعناه يلطُف

    and who has ever been exalted,

    while his essence stays subtle:

  39. قد شتونا فكم نُصَي

    يِّفُ طال التصيُّف

    We have entered winter; how long shall we summer?

    This summering has lasted too long.

  40. فاكفنا بردَ قردةٍ

    تتشاجى فتسخُف

    So spare us the chill of a she-ape

    who affects plaintive song and turns foolish.