نَظَرَت فَأًعجَبها الَّذي في دِرعِها

نَظَرَت فَأًعجَبها الَّذي في دِرعِها

مِن حُسنِهِ وَنَظَرتُ في سِربالِيا

مِن حُسنِهِ وَنَظَرتُ في سِربالِيا

She looked, and what was in her tunic delighted her,

She looked and liked what she saw on her chest

Because of its beauty; and I looked inside my garment.

Of his beauty, and I looked at my robe

فَرَأَت لَها كَفلاً يَنوءُ بِخَصرِها

فَرَأَت لَها كَفلاً يَنوءُ بِخَصرِها

وَعثاً رَوادِِفُهُ وَاِخثَمَ ناتِيا

وَعثاً رَوادِِفُهُ وَاِخثَمَ ناتِيا

Then she saw she had a rump weighing down her waist,

She saw it had shoulders bending at her waist

With yielding buttocks, and a broad, protruding vulva,

And unkempt hair, its locks entangled and twisted

ضَيفاً يَعُضُّ بِكُلِّ عَردٍ نالَهُ

ضَيفاً يَعُضُّ بِكُلِّ عَردٍ نالَهُ

كَالقَعبِ أَو صَرحٍ يُرى مُتَجافِيا

كَالقَعبِ أَو صَرحٍ يُرى مُتَجافِيا

Tight, biting every erect penis that reached it,

A guest who bites at every forearm he takes

Like a wooden bowl, or a lofty structure seen jutting out.

Like a thicket or a palace seen from afar

وَرَأَيتُ مِنتَشِرَ العِجانِ مُقَبَّضاً

وَرَأَيتُ مِنتَشِرَ العِجانِ مُقَبَّضاً

رِخواً حَمائِلُهُ وَجِلداً بالِيا

رِخواً حَمائِلُهُ وَجِلداً بالِيا

And I saw mine, shriveled, with its perineum splayed,

And I saw the wide saddle narrowed

Its suspending cords slack, and its skin worn out.

Its straps loose, its leather worn out

أُدني لَهُ الرَكبَ الحَليقَ كَأَنَّما

أُدني لَهُ الرَكبَ الحَليقَ كَأَنَّما

أُدني إِلَيهِ عَقارِباً وأَفاعِيا

أُدني إِلَيهِ عَقارِباً وأَفاعِيا

I bring the shaven pubic mound near it, as though

I brought the shaved shanks near as if

I were bringing scorpions and vipers near it.

I brought scorpions and snakes near

إِنَّ النَدامَةَ وَالسَدامَةَ فَاِعلَمَنْ

إِنَّ النَدامَةَ وَالسَدامَةَ فَاِعلَمَنْ

لَو قَد صَبَرتُك لِلمَوايس خالِيا

لَو قَد صَبَرتُك لِلمَوايس خالِيا

There would indeed be regret and grief—know this—

Regret and misery, be sure

If I held you fast, alone, for the razors.

Had I been patient with you for the trysts empty

ما بالُ رَأَسِكَ مِن وَرائي خالِفاً

ما بالُ رَأَسِكَ مِن وَرائي خالِفاً

أَطَنَنتَ أَنَّ حَرّا لِفَتاةِ وَرائِيا

أَطَنَنتَ أَنَّ حَرّا لِفَتاةِ وَرائِيا

Why is your head turned backward, behind me?

Why is your head behind me askance

Did you think a young woman's vulva was behind me?

You fancied a girl behind me, hot for her

فَاِذهَب فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ لا يُرتَجى

فَاِذهَب فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ لا يُرتَجى

أَبَدَ الأَبيدِ وَلَو عُمِرَت لَيالِيا

أَبَدَ الأَبيدِ وَلَو عُمِرَت لَيالِيا

So go: you are dead and beyond hope,

So go away, you are as good as dead, never

Forever and ever, even if you were granted nights of life.

To live again, even if you lived for years

أَنتَ الغُرورَ إِذا خُبِرتَ وَرُبَّما

أَنتَ الغُرورَ إِذا خُبِرتَ وَرُبَّما

كانَ الغرورُ لِمن رَجاهُ شافِيا

كانَ الغرورُ لِمن رَجاهُ شافِيا

You are a delusion when put to the test; and sometimes

You are delusion, when news reached me, and sometimes

Delusion has proved a cure for one who placed hope in it.

Delusion can be healing for one who hoped in it

لكنَّ أَيري ل يرجَّى نفعُه

لكنَّ أَيري ل يرجَّى نفعُه

حتى أَعودَ أَخا فتاءٍ ناشيا

حتى أَعودَ أَخا فتاءٍ ناشيا

But no benefit can be hoped for from my cock,

But the help of an arid land is not to be hoped for

Until I am young again, still growing.

Until I come back a brother to a youth walking

يا أيُّها الأيرُ الذي قد سُؤتني

يا أيُّها الأيرُ الذي قد سُؤتني

وفَضَحتَنِي وطردتَ أُمَّ عِياليا

وفَضَحتَنِي وطردتَ أُمَّ عِياليا

O cock, you who have indeed distressed me,

O mount that has evicted me

And disgraced me, and driven away the mother of my children.

And disgraced me and expelled the mother of my children