رُبَّ مغنٍّ قال لي

رُبَّ مغنٍّ قال لي

عطفٌ وردفٌ نائجُ

عطفٌ وردفٌ نائجُ

Many a singer has said to me:

Many a singer said to me:

“Be gentle—my rump is ripe.

A waist and a swaying rump—

هذا خفيفٌ داخلٌ

هذا خفيفٌ داخلٌ

وذا ثقيلٌ خارجُ

وذا ثقيلٌ خارجُ

This is light going in,

This is light, curving inward,

and that is heavy coming out.”

And that is heavy, jutting outward.