كَأَنَّ قَطاتَها كَردُوسُ فَحلٍ

كَأَنَّ قَطاتَها كَردُوسُ فَحلٍ

مُقلَّصَةٌ عَلى سَاقي ظلِيمِ

مُقلَّصَةٌ عَلى سَاقي ظلِيمِ

As though her rump were a bull camel's bony joint,

Her cats are like the swollen testicles of a rutting stallion

Drawn up on the two legs of a male ostrich.

Crouched on my sleek calves

إِذا ما سَوءَةٌ غَرَّاءُ ماتَت

إِذا ما سَوءَةٌ غَرَّاءُ ماتَت

أَتَيتَ بسَوءَةٍ أُخرى بهيمِ

أَتَيتَ بسَوءَةٍ أُخرى بهيمِ

Whenever a glaring disgrace dies away,

When an impudent flirt dies

You bring another, pitch-black disgrace.

You fetch another, equally whorish

وَما تَنفَكُّ تُرحَضُ كُلَّ يَومٍ

وَما تَنفَكُّ تُرحَضُ كُلَّ يَومٍ

مِن السَوءاتِ كَالطِفلِ النَهيمِ

مِن السَوءاتِ كَالطِفلِ النَهيمِ

And you never cease to be washed each day

And ceaselessly, day after day

Of disgraces, like a ravenous infant.

You scurry after wenches like an infant suckling

أَكُلَّ الدَهرِ سَعيُكَ في تَبابٍ

أَكُلَّ الدَهرِ سَعيُكَ في تَبابٍ

تُناغي كُلَّ مُومِسَةٍ أَثيمِ

تُناغي كُلَّ مُومِسَةٍ أَثيمِ

Is your striving forever in vain,

Your whole life you've bustled about on frivolous errands

As you coo to every sinful harlot?

Wooing every loose woman of ill repute