إنif باركَblesses اللَهGod فيamong الأنامhumankind فلاthen let not
إن باركَ اللَه في الأنام فلا
باركَbless ربّthe Lord الأنامof humankind فيin سلمَهSalamah
باركَ ربّ الأنام في سلمَه
If God blesses humankind, then let not
If God has blessed people, the Lord of people has not
If God bestows His blessings on mankind, may the Lord of all creation bless not Salamah.
the Lord of humankind bless Salamah.
Blessed his peace
The light of day grows weary of the slander, while the monastery plays the sinner in the dark.
يتعبُgrows weary ضوءlight النهارof day منfrom الغيبةِbackbiting
يتعبُ ضوء النهار من الغيبةِ
والديرand the monastery فاسقdebauched العتمهnightfall
والدير فاسق العتمه
Daylight grows weary of backbiting,
The light of day grows weary of slander
Men are exhausted by his wretched frame: a vulgar mouth and a lustful, gaping hole.
and the monastery is debauched at nightfall.
And the monastery is the iniquity of darkness
He brings calamity upon the broad-hipped youths he spots, riding a steed as pitch-black as the night.
فالناسso people منfrom كوَيتهِhis little hole فيin تعبٍweariness
فالناس من كوَيتهِ في تعبٍ
فمٌa mouth بذيءٌfoul وفقحةٌand an anus غلمَهlustful
فمٌ بذيءٌ وفقحةٌ غلمَه
So people are wearied by his little hole:
So people in their long robes are in toil
Where did you leave—when they drove deep into your rear—your haughtiness and grandeur?
a foul mouth and a lustful anus.
A vile mouth and an outrageous boy enslaves them
By God, were a lion taken in his hindquarters, he would never drag his quarry to the den.
ينكبhe assails المُردَحينthe beardless youths when يبصرهمhe sees them
ينكب المُردَحين يبصرهم
علىon حصانٍa horse كأنّهas though it were عتمهdarkness
على حصانٍ كأنّه عتمه
He assails beardless youths when he sees them,
He assaults the totally submissive; he sees them
on a horse like darkness itself.
On a horse as though it is darkness
فأينَso where خلّفتَdid you leave behind عندat the time of طعنهمtheir thrusting
فأينَ خلّفتَ عند طعنهم
فيinto دبرِكَyour anus الكبرَpride والعِظمَةand grandeur
في دبرِكَ الكبرَ والعِظمَة
So where did you leave—when they thrust
So where did you leave in their backs
into your anus—your pride and grandeur?
Arrogance and greatness when they stabbed you
واللَهِby God لوif نيكَwere fucked فيin استيهits backside أسدٌa lion
واللَهِ لو نيكَ في استيه أسدٌ
ماnot جرَّdragged صيداًprey لهfor itself إلىto أجمَهa thicket
ما جرَّ صيداً له إلى أجمَه
By God, if a lion were fucked in its arse,
By God if a lion attacked in its den
it would not drag prey for itself into a thicket.
It would not drag prey to its lair
Partial English translation: 6 of 12 Arabic lines translated.