Sol 6.1

  1. لستُ أرَجِّي انحطاطَ أوزاري

    ما عَمَّرَ اللهُ أُمَّ عمَّارِ

    I do not hope to shed my burdens of sin

    as long as God keeps Umm ʿAmmār alive.

  2. رضِيتُ بالعارِ في المُجونِ وهل

    يُسخِطُ مثلي تتابعُ العارِ

    I have accepted disgrace in debauchery; and would

    disgrace upon disgrace anger one like me?

  3. وجارَ شَيبي عليَّ مجتهداً

    فما أرى الشَّيْبَ أهلَ إكبارِ

    And my gray hair has zealously wronged me,

    so I do not deem gray hair worthy of reverence.

  4. وشادنٍ لا يزالُ يمنَحُني

    إذا انتشى قُبلةً بدينارِ

    And a young gazelle never ceases to grant me,

    when he grows tipsy, a kiss for a dinar.

  5. تُريكَ أجفانُه ونخوتُه

    ذُلَّ ضَعيفٍ وتيهَ جبَّارِ

    His eyelids and his proud bearing show you

    a weakling's submission and a tyrant's arrogance.

  6. فَالدِّعْصُ والغُصنُ في غَلائِلِه

    والليلُ والصبحُ فوقَ أزرارِ

    For a sand dune and a bough lie within his thin robes,

    and night and dawn above his buttons.

  7. والنَّحرُ والخَصرُ منه قد قُسِما

    بينَ صَليبٍ وبينَ زُنَّارِ

    And his chest and waist have been apportioned

    between a cross and a girdle.

  8. دَنا من الدَنِّ حاسراً فجرَى

    منه عقيقٌ ينسَلُّ من قارِ

    He drew near the wine jar, bareheaded, and there flowed

    from it carnelian, slipping out of pitch,

  9. كشاطرٍ هَمَّ بالعدوِّ فَما

    أقصرَ حتى رأى دماً جاري

    like a ruffian bent on attacking the enemy, who did not

    desist until he saw blood flowing.

  10. فَرْجي عفيفٌ عن الحَرامِ ول

    كنَّ لساني لسانُ عيَّارِ

    My private parts are chaste, shunning the forbidden, but

    my tongue is a rogue's tongue.