يا حارِ إِن كُنتَ اِمرَأً مُتَوَسِّعاً

يا حارِ إِن كُنتَ اِمرَأً مُتَوَسِّعاً

فَاِفِدِ الأُُلى يُنصِفنَ آلَ جَنابِ

فَاِفِدِ الأُُلى يُنصِفنَ آلَ جَنابِ

O Ḥār, if you are a man of ample means,

O ignoble one, if you were a man of integrity

then ransom the women who serve the clan of Janāb:

Then make amends, it would bring you good repute

أَخَواتُ أُمِّكَ قَد عَلِمتَ مَكانَها

أَخَواتُ أُمِّكَ قَد عَلِمتَ مَكانَها

وَالحَقُّ يَفهَمُهُ ذَوُو الأَلبابِ

وَالحَقُّ يَفهَمُهُ ذَوُو الأَلبابِ

your mother's sisters—you already know her station;

You know well the standing of your aunts

and the truth is understood by those with insight.

And the judicious understand the truth

إِنَّ الفَرافِصَةَ بنَ الاَحوَصِ عِندَهُ

إِنَّ الفَرافِصَةَ بنَ الاَحوَصِ عِندَهُ

شَجنٌ لِأُمِّكَ مِن بَناتِ عُقابِ

شَجنٌ لِأُمِّكَ مِن بَناتِ عُقابِ

Indeed, al-Farāfiṣa ibn al-Aḥwaṣ has with him

Al-Farafisha son of Al-Ahwas has for your mother

a branch of your mother's kin, from the daughters of ʿUqāb.

Sorrow, one of the daughters of Ukab

أَجمَعتُ أَنَّكَ أَنتَ أَلأَمُ مَن مَشى

أَجمَعتُ أَنَّكَ أَنتَ أَلأَمُ مَن مَشى

في فُحشِ مومِسَةٍ وَزَهوِ غُرابِ

في فُحشِ مومِسَةٍ وَزَهوِ غُرابِ

I have concluded that you yourself are the basest of all who ever walked,

I gather that you are the vilest who walked

with a whore's lewdness and a crow's conceit.

In the indecency of a harlot and the vanity of a crow

وَكَذاكَ وَرَّثَكَ الأَوائِلُ أنَّهُم

وَكَذاكَ وَرَّثَكَ الأَوائِلُ أنَّهُم

ذَهَبوا وَصِرتَ بِخِزيَةٍ وَعَذابِ

ذَهَبوا وَصِرتَ بِخِزيَةٍ وَعَذابِ

And likewise your forebears left you this legacy: they

Thus did the ancients bequeath you that they

departed, and you were left with disgrace and torment.

Perished while you remained in shame and torment

وَاللُؤمُ مِنكَ وِراثَةٌ مَعلومَةٌ

وَاللُؤمُ مِنكَ وِراثَةٌ مَعلومَةٌ

هَيهاتَ مِنكَ مَكارِمُ الأَنسابِ

هَيهاتَ مِنكَ مَكارِمُ الأَنسابِ

And your baseness is a well-known inheritance;

Wickedness is a known inheritance from you

far from you are the noble qualities of lineage.

Far from you are the nobilities of lineage

فَوَرِثتَ والِدَكَ الخِيانَةَ وَالخَنا

فَوَرِثتَ والِدَكَ الخِيانَةَ وَالخَنا

وَاللُؤمَ عِندَ تَقايُسِ الأَحسابِ

وَاللُؤمَ عِندَ تَقايُسِ الأَحسابِ

So you inherited from your father treachery and obscenity,

You inherited from your father betrayal and impiety

and baseness, when ancestral merits are compared.

And wickedness when merits are weighed

وَأَبانَ لُؤمَكَ أَنَّ أُمَّكَ لَم تَكُن

وَأَبانَ لُؤمَكَ أَنَّ أُمَّكَ لَم تَكُن

إِلّا لِشَرِّ مَقارِفِ الأَعرابِ

إِلّا لِشَرِّ مَقارِفِ الأَعرابِ

And your baseness was exposed: your mother was not

And your vileness revealed that your mother

for anyone but the vilest fornicator among the Bedouins,

Was none but for the evil of nomads’ debauchery

في فُحشِ مومِسَةٍ قَليلٍ عَقلُها

في فُحشِ مومِسَةٍ قَليلٍ عَقلُها

مَشهورَةٍ بِالفُحشِ ذاتِ سِبابِ

مَشهورَةٍ بِالفُحشِ ذاتِ سِبابِ

with the lewdness of a whore whose sense is scant,

Of little mind in the indecency of a well-known harlot

notorious for lewdness and given to abuse.

Renowned for abomination and curses

وَوَسَمتَ إِستَكَ ثُمَّ قُلتَ أَنا الفَتى

وَوَسَمتَ إِستَكَ ثُمَّ قُلتَ أَنا الفَتى

وَخَضِبتَ كَفَّي سارِقٍ بِخِضابِ

وَخَضِبتَ كَفَّي سارِقٍ بِخِضابِ

And you branded your arse, then said, 'I am the man!'

You marked your lineage, then claimed to be the youth

And you dyed a thief's two palms with dye.

And dyed your hands like a thief with henna

وَجَلَستَ لِلعُهّارِ مَجلِسَ فِتنَةٍ

وَجَلَستَ لِلعُهّارِ مَجلِسَ فِتنَةٍ

وَذَمَمتَ عَينَي مومَسٍ بِصُوابِ

وَذَمَمتَ عَينَي مومَسٍ بِصُوابِ

And you took a seat of temptation for the fornicators,

And you sat for the pimp in a tempting session

and you rightly reviled a prostitute's two eyes.

And stared with desire at a harlot’s eyes

مَنَّتكَ نَفسُكَ يا اِبنَ صَقعَبَ مُنيَةً

مَنَّتكَ نَفسُكَ يا اِبنَ صَقعَبَ مُنيَةً

كَذَبَتكَ نَفسُكَ ما لَها مِن نابِ

كَذَبَتكَ نَفسُكَ ما لَها مِن نابِ

Your soul held out a hope to you, O son of Ṣaqʿab;

Your soul deluded you, O Saqab’s son, with a death wish

your soul lied to you—it has no fang.

Your soul lied to you, it has no determination