أَعَبدونُO ʿAbdūn قَدalready صِرتَyou have become أُحدوثَةًa tale
أَعَبدونُ قَد صِرتَ أُحدوثَةً
يُدَوَّنُis recorded سائِرُall أَخبارِهاits reports
يُدَوَّنُ سائِرُ أَخبارِها
O ʿAbdūn, you have become a tale,
You have become something new that people worship,
whose every detail is recorded.
Recording all its news.
حَبَوتَyou favored النَصارىthe Christians بِهاwith it مُعلِناًproclaiming openly
حَبَوتَ النَصارى بِها مُعلِناً
لَهاfor it غَيرَnot كاتِمِconcealing أَسرارِهاits secrets
لَها غَيرَ كاتِمِ أَسرارِها
You bestowed it upon the Christians, proclaiming
You have enticed the Christians with it, openly,
it openly, concealing none of its secrets.
Not concealing any of its secrets.
فَقَدfor indeed أَدرَكَتthey have attained بِكَthrough you فيamong المُسلِميthe Muslims (word continues)
فَقَد أَدرَكَت بِكَ في المُسلِمي
نَcompletion of “Muslims” ماwhat قَدalready تَقَدَّمَhad preceded مِنof ثارِهاtheir vengeance
نَ ما قَد تَقَدَّمَ مِن ثارِها
For through you they have exacted from the Muslims
So with you it has reached among the Muslims,
their revenge for what had gone before.
That which preceded of its influence.
رَأَيتَyou saw فَياشِلَهُمtheir penis-heads لَمdid not تُنَلget touched
رَأَيتَ فَياشِلَهُم لَم تُنَل
بِحَدِّby the edge of المَواسيthe razors وَإِمرارِهاand drawing them across
بِحَدِّ المَواسي وَإِمرارِها
You saw the heads of their penises, untouched
You have seen them - so why have you not attained
by the edge of razors and their strokes.
With consolation and easing its passage?
وَلَمand did not أَدرِknow أَنَّكَthat you مِنfrom قَبلِهاbefore it
وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّكَ مِن قَبلِها
تُحِبُّyou love السِياطَthe whips بِأَثمارِهاwith their fruits
تُحِبُّ السِياطَ بِأَثمارِها
And before this, I did not know that you
I did not know that before it
love whips with their fruits.
You love the whips and their blows.