أرْواحُodors فيكyour mouth سُعوطٌnasal snuff لاnot يقامُone can stand up لهto it
أرْواحُ فيك سُعوطٌ لا يقامُ له
والوجهُand the face منكَof yours ذَرُورٌdusting powder فهin it (likely intended) إمْضاضُstinging pain
والوجهُ منكَ ذَرُورٌ فه إمْضاضُ
The odors of your mouth are snuff no one can withstand.
Souls in you are unrestrained debauchery,
And your face is a dusting powder that stings.
And your face is a radiance that glows.
فيin قفدِcuffing the back of رأسكَyour head تنجيشٌincitement لقافدِهِfor the one cuffing it
في قفدِ رأسكَ تنجيشٌ لقافدِهِ
وفيand in التَغافلfeigned unawareness مناon our part عنكَof you إرماضُburning vexation
وفي التَغافل منا عنكَ إرماضُ
Slapping the back of your head spurs the slapper on.
In the nape of your neck is a stirring for its chain,
And our pretending not to notice you brings burning vexation.
And in our neglect of you, a wink.
وماand never ذكرناكwe mentioned you إلاexcept كانthere was مُتَّصلاًconnected
وما ذكرناك إلا كان مُتَّصلاً
ببظرto the clitoris of أُمكَyour mother إمصاصٌbidding one suck وإعضاضُand bidding one bite
ببظر أُمكَ إمصاصٌ وإعضاضُ
Whenever we mention you, the mention is always accompanied
Whenever we mentioned you, it was contiguous
By commands to suck and bite your mother's clitoris.
To the vulva of your mother—a suck and a nip.
وماand never تكلّمتَyou spoke إلاexcept قُلتَyou uttered فاحشةًan obscenity
وما تكلّمتَ إلا قُلتَ فاحشةً
كأنas though فكَّيكَyour two jaws للأعراضfor reputations مقراضshears
كأن فكَّيكَ للأعراض مقراض
And you never speak without uttering an obscenity,
You never talked but spoke profanity,
As though your jaws were shears for reputations.
As if your mouth to honors was a shredder.
مهماwhatever نطقتَyou uttered فنبلٌthen arrows منكfrom you مُرسَلةٌloosed
مهما نطقتَ فنبلٌ منك مُرسَلةٌ
وفُوكَand your mouth قَوْسُكَyour bow والأعراضُand reputations أغراضtargets
وفُوكَ قَوْسُكَ والأعراضُ أغراض
Whenever you speak, arrows are loosed from you;
However much you utter, blades from you are launched,
And your mouth is your bow, and reputations are its targets.
Your bow is your mouth, and honors are the targets.
إنif مُتَّyou die عاشcomes to life منamong الأعراضreputations ميِّتُهاtheir dead ones
إن مُتَّ عاش من الأعراض ميِّتُها
وإنand if بقيتyou remain alive فماthen no للناسfor people أعراضreputations
وإن بقيت فما للناس أعراض
If you die, dead reputations will come to life;
If the honored dies, so dies its honor,
And if you live on, people will have no reputations left.
And if it remains, then no honor remains for people.
يغيبُis absent وجهُكَyour face فالأمراضُthen diseases غائبةare absent
يغيبُ وجهُكَ فالأمراضُ غائبة
وبالقلوبand in hearts إذاwhen شوهِدْتَyou are seen أمراضdiseases
وبالقلوب إذا شوهِدْتَ أمراض
When your face is absent, diseases are absent;
Your face disappears, and diseases disappear,
And when you are seen, there are diseases in hearts.
And when you're seen, diseases strike hearts.
وماand not تُفيضُyou overflow بعلمٍwith knowledge لاno ولاnor صفدٍlargesse
وما تُفيضُ بعلمٍ لا ولا صفدٍ
وأنتand you بالسلحwith shit قبلbefore السُّكرِdrunkenness فياضoverflowing
وأنت بالسلح قبل السُّكرِ فياض
You overflow with neither knowledge—no—nor largesse,
You overflow not with knowledge or training,
Yet you overflow with shit even before you are drunk.
Yet you are armed, drunk before you are sober.