زنبورُ يا خنزير يا ابنَ الزانية

زنبورُ يا خنزير يا ابنَ الزانية

شرفٌ لأمِّكَ أن تُسمّى زانيه

شرفٌ لأمِّكَ أن تُسمّى زانيه

Zunbur, you pig, you son of a whore!

You pig, son of a whore, dishonor to your mother

Zanbur, you swine, you son of a whore!

It is an honor for your mother to be called a whore.

Who should be called a whore

Even the name "whore" is an honor your mother ill deserves.

للَه أمّكَ أوسعت تنوالَها

للَه أمّكَ أوسعت تنوالَها

فضلاً عن الناس الكلاب العاويه

فضلاً عن الناس الكلاب العاويه

God bless your mother: she lavished her favors

By God, your mother widened her vagina

God help your mother! She spread her favors far too wide,

on howling dogs, besides mankind.

Beyond people, dogs, and wolves

Not merely to men, but to the howling dogs outside.

تتصاعد الزناءُ فوق مراقها

تتصاعد الزناءُ فوق مراقها

كتصاعد الحبشان فوق الداليه

كتصاعد الحبشان فوق الداليه

Fornicators climb upon her lower belly,

Whoring rises above her uterus

The fornicators climb upon her soft, exposed belly,

like Abyssinians climbing a grapevine.

As Africans rise above valleys

Scrambling like Abyssinians up a tall grapevine.

عقرت عجوزك في الحياء وأنّها

عقرت عجوزك في الحياء وأنّها

في النار أشرف من عجوزِ معاويه

في النار أشرف من عجوزِ معاويه

I pierced your old mother's vulva, and she

You killed your old woman in shyness that she

Your old hag was barren of shame, and truly she,

is nobler in Hell than Muawiya's old mother.

Is in hell, nobler than Muawiyah's old woman

Is nobler in Hellfire than Muawiyah’s ancient dame.

سبقت لهندٍ في المكارم دعوةٌ

سبقت لهندٍ في المكارم دعوةٌ

قالت عجوزُكَ مثلها في الهاويه

قالت عجوزُكَ مثلها في الهاويه

A call to noble deeds had earlier come from Hind;

She excelled over Hind in generosity

Hind claimed a reputation for noble virtues long ago,

your old mother uttered one like it in Hell's abyss.

Your old woman said the likes of her are in hell

Yet your old woman claims the same within the abyss below.

زنبورُ يشتمني ولكن أمُّهُ

زنبورُ يشتمني ولكن أمُّهُ

كانت على ما كان تنعمُ بالي

كانت على ما كان تنعمُ بالي

Zunbur insults me, but his mother

You pig insults me while your mother

Zanbur dares insult me, yet his mother all the while,

used, despite everything, to gladden my spirits.

Enjoyed what she enjoyed through me

Used to find her bliss in the very state of me.

لا ينطقن فرخُ الزنا إلّا إذا

لا ينطقن فرخُ الزنا إلّا إذا

أخرجتُ من وجعائهِ جرذانيه

أخرجتُ من وجعائهِ جرذانيه

The bastard chick must not speak unless

The bastard chicks speak only when

Let not this brood of adultery speak a single word,

I have pulled my rats out of his aching hole.

I bring out from their crevices my rats

Unless I withdraw my rod from his battered rear.

أمّا وأيري صمّةٌ لعجانهِ

أمّا وأيري صمّةٌ لعجانهِ

فسكونهُ أهيا لهُ في خابيه

فسكونهُ أهيا لهُ في خابيه

Now, by my cock—a plug for his perineum—

As for the deafness of your reckless one

For while my shaft remains a stopper for his hole,

so keeping still in a jar would suit him better.

Silence, silence to it in hiding

His silence suits him better, hidden like dregs in a jar.

فلئن رأى ولدُ الخبيثةِ أنّه

فلئن رأى ولدُ الخبيثةِ أنّه

ناج عليّ وقد بسطتُ لسانيه

ناج عليّ وقد بسطتُ لسانيه

For if the vile woman's son thinks he

If the son of the wicked one sees that he

If the son of that foul wretch believes he can survive,

is safe from me, though I have unleashed my tongue,

Whispered about me and I unleashed my tongue

Safe from my wrath when I have unfurled my tongue—

حتى يميّزَ في المجالس بيننا

حتى يميّزَ في المجالس بيننا

ويُقاسَ بين هجائهِ وهجائيه

ويُقاسَ بين هجائهِ وهجائيه

so that we are told apart in gatherings,

Until he distinguishes in gatherings between us

Let the gatherings judge and distinguish between us two,

and his satire is measured against mine,

And is measured between his and my insults

And measure his feeble satire against this verse of mine.

ما كان لي خطرٌ ولكن قلتُ لا

ما كان لي خطرٌ ولكن قلتُ لا

أو أفضح ابنَ اللؤم في ذي الناحيه

أو أفضح ابنَ اللؤم في ذي الناحيه

I would have no standing, but I said, 'No—

I had no idea but said no

He was beneath my notice, of no worth, yet I said "No,"

not until I disgrace the son of baseness in this quarter.'

Or I will expose the son of villainy there

I must expose this son of baseness in this very place.

ولقد جمعتُ عجوزهُ وتجمّعت

ولقد جمعتُ عجوزهُ وتجمّعت

وشفيتُ من هذه وتلك فؤاديه

وشفيتُ من هذه وتلك فؤاديه

And indeed I coupled with his old mother, and she curled herself up,

I gathered his old woman and healed

I gathered up his mother, and she gathered herself near,

and with this one and that one I soothed my heart.

From this and that my heart

And from her and him, I satisfied my burning heart.

هذاكَ وسط البيتِ يُنكح باركاً

هذاكَ وسط البيتِ يُنكح باركاً

قدَماً وتُنكح أمُّهُ في الزاويه

قدَماً وتُنكح أمُّهُ في الزاويه

That fellow is fucked in the middle of the house, kneeling,

There he is, in the middle of the house, getting fucked in the ass

There he is, kneeling in the center of the house, taking the thrust,

as of old, while his mother is fucked in the corner.

While his mother gets fucked in the corner

As of old, while his mother gets plowed in the corner apart.

فتحاكَما حسداً إليّ وأحسدا

فتحاكَما حسداً إليّ وأحسدا

حتى قسمتُ عليهما أصحابيه

حتى قسمتُ عليهما أصحابيه

Then both appealed to me out of envy, and stirred up jealousy,

They envied me to the point of judging between us

They vied for my attention, filled with jealous greed,

until I divided my companions between them.

And I set my friends against them

Until I divided my companions between the two of them.

وتقول أكبرهنّ حين دفعتُه

وتقول أكبرهنّ حين دفعتُه

من خلفها فيها على عَدوانيه

من خلفها فيها على عَدوانيه

And the eldest of them says, when I thrust it

The oldest one said when I shoved into her from behind

And the old hag cried out as I drove it home,

into her from behind, with violence:

Don't take me from behind my lord

Ramming it from behind in my aggression:

لا تأخذنّي من ورائي سيّدي

لا تأخذنّي من ورائي سيّدي

واغمد فخذني هاك من قدّاميه

واغمد فخذني هاك من قدّاميه

'Do not take me from behind, my master;

And sheathe my thigh, here it is from the front

"Do not take me from behind, my lord!" she begged,

and sheathe it; then take me—here—from the front.

It's the same if you try it my lord

"Sheathe it! Take me! Here, from the front instead!"

سيّان لو جرّبته يا سيدي

سيّان لو جرّبته يا سيدي

ما بين قدّامي وبين ورائيه

ما بين قدّامي وبين ورائيه

There would be no difference, if you tried it, my master,

Between the front and the back

"It feels the same if you would only try it, master,

between my front and my rear.'

You pig, not when I escaped and my ground met

Whether you enter my front or breach my rear."

زنبورُ لا حين النجا وقد التقت

زنبورُ لا حين النجا وقد التقت

أرضي عليك بحاصبي وسمائيه

أرضي عليك بحاصبي وسمائيه

Zunbur, no time for escape, now that they have converged:

Yours with my axis and my heavens

Zanbur, there is no time to flee, now that fate has struck,

my earth and my sky upon you, with my hail of stones.

I was isolated from this affliction, son of whoring

My earth and sky have closed upon you with a storm of stones.

قد كنتُ من هذا البَلا في عزلةٍ

قد كنتُ من هذا البَلا في عزلةٍ

يا ابنَ الزناءِ فلم تسعكَ العافيه

يا ابنَ الزناءِ فلم تسعكَ العافيه

I had kept out of this trouble,

But wellbeing did not suit you

I had kept myself apart from this filth and plague,

you son of fornication, but peace was not enough for you.

So may you be evicted from my homes

You son of adultery, but peace was not enough for you.

فلتأتينّكَ من بيوتي شرّدٌ

فلتأتينّكَ من بيوتي شرّدٌ

تبلى الجبالُ وأنّها لكماهيه

تبلى الجبالُ وأنّها لكماهيه

So far-roaming verses of mine shall surely reach you:

Mountains wear out but they are firm

Now wandering verses from my house shall hunt you down,

mountains wear away, yet they remain just as they are.

Verses that endure as mountains crumble into dust.