أَبا الحَشفانِ آتيكَ

أَبا الحَشفانِ آتيكَ

وَإِن جَدَّ بِكَ الأَمرُ

وَإِن جَدَّ بِكَ الأَمرُ

O Abu al-Hashfan, I shall come to you;

O Abu Hashfan, I come to you

and if matters grow serious for you,

Though the matter is dire with you

سَيلقَى دُبرَكَ الصَلتُ

سَيلقَى دُبرَكَ الصَلتُ

وَيَلقى قُبلَكَ الصَقرُ

وَيَلقى قُبلَكَ الصَقرُ

the bare blade will meet your backside,

Your back will meet reconciliation

and the falcon will meet your front.

And the falcon will meet your front

عَلَيهِ الدُرُّ وَالياقو

عَلَيهِ الدُرُّ وَالياقو

تُ قَد فَصَّلَهُ الشَذرُ

تُ قَد فَصَّلَهُ الشَذرُ

Upon it are pearls and ru-

On him are pearls and coat of mail

bies, interspersed with gold beads.

That shattered him, the admirable one

إِذا جاراكَ لوطِيٌّ

إِذا جاراكَ لوطِيٌّ

فَأَنتَ المُسهِبُ الكُبرُ

فَأَنتَ المُسهِبُ الكُبرُ

If a sodomite vies with you,

If a despicable one insults you

then you are the great overdoer.

Then you are the greatest forgiver

لَقَد شاعَ لِحَمّادٍ

لَقَد شاعَ لِحَمّادٍ

بِداءٍ في اِستِهِ ذِكرُ

بِداءٍ في اِستِهِ ذِكرُ

Indeed, there has spread about Hammad

Indeed it spread for Hammad

word of an ailment in his arse.

With a sickness in his infatuation a mention

أَما يَنهاكَ يا حَمّا

أَما يَنهاكَ يا حَمّا

دُ ذِكرُ المَوتِ وَالقَبرُ

دُ ذِكرُ المَوتِ وَالقَبرُ

Does it not restrain you, O Hamma-

Does not the mention of death and grave forbid you, O Hammad

d—the mention of death and the grave?

No but what you see of gathering

أَلا بَل ما تَرى حَشراً

أَلا بَل ما تَرى حَشراً

وَما الزِنديقُ وَالحَشرُ

وَما الزِنديقُ وَالحَشرُ

Ah, rather, you see no resurrection;

And what is the heretic and Gathering

and what has a heretic to do with resurrection?

Do I, in you, seek the good

أَعِندي تَطلُبُ النَيكَ

أَعِندي تَطلُبُ النَيكَ

وَنَيكُ الرَجُلِ النُكرُ

وَنَيكُ الرَجُلِ النُكرُ

Do you seek fucking from me,

And good in a man is chivalry

when fucking a man is an abomination?

Neither has your front split

وَما قُبلُكَ مَشقوقٌ

وَما قُبلُكَ مَشقوقٌ

وَلا في اِستِكَ لي أَجرُ

وَلا في اِستِكَ لي أَجرُ

And your front is not cleft,

Nor in your possession for me a reward

nor is there any reward for me in your arse.

So leave me and acquire patience

فَدَعني وَاِكتَسِب صَبراً

فَدَعني وَاِكتَسِب صَبراً

فَنِعمَ الشيمَةُ الصَبرُ

فَنِعمَ الشيمَةُ الصَبرُ

So leave me be and acquire patience,

For excellent is the quality, patience

for patience is an excellent trait.

Otherwise, swallow embers

وَإِلّا فَاِحشُها جَمراً

وَإِلّا فَاِحشُها جَمراً

سَيَشفي ما بِكَ الجَمرُ

سَيَشفي ما بِكَ الجَمرُ

Otherwise, stuff it with embers;

It will heal what is in you, the embers

the embers will cure what ails you.

Truly, ignorance missed you

فَقَد أَخطَأَكَ الجَديُ

فَقَد أَخطَأَكَ الجَديُ

فَكُل خُصيَيكَ يا وَبرُ

فَكُل خُصيَيكَ يا وَبرُ

For the young goat has eluded you;

So eat your testicles, O cuckold

so eat your testicles, you hyrax.

You hoped for wine in my house

رَجَوتَ الخَمرَ في بَيتي

رَجَوتَ الخَمرَ في بَيتي

وَما تَعرِفُني الخَمرُ

وَما تَعرِفُني الخَمرُ

You hoped for wine in my house,

Yet you do not know me, O wine

yet wine does not know me.