تُحاجينيyou pose me a riddle وَلَفظُكَand your speech مِثلُlike دُرّpearls
تُحاجيني وَلَفظُكَ مِثلُ دُرّ
لِهُfor it مِنfrom فِكرِكَyour thought الواريglowing نِصاحُa thread
لِهُ مِن فِكرِكَ الواري نِصاحُ
You pose me a riddle, and your speech is like pearls,
You argue with me, your words like pearls
For which your glowing thought provides a thread.
With sincere advice flowing from your thoughts
وَقِدحُكَand your lot-arrow فيin العُلومِthe sciences هُوَit المُعَلّىthe highest-valued lot-arrow
وَقِدحُكَ في العُلومِ هُوَ المُعَلّى
غَداةَon the morning تُجالُare cast فيin الناديthe assembly القِداحُthe lot-arrows
غَداةَ تُجالُ في النادي القِداحُ
And your lot-arrow in the sciences is the highest-valued,
And you excel in knowledge, the most eminent
On the morning the lot-arrows are cast in the assembly.
In the mornings when cups are passed around the club
بِبَعلٍabout a husband كُلُّهُall of him ذِكرٌa male organ صَحيحٌintact
بِبَعلٍ كُلُّهُ ذِكرٌ صَحيحٌ
وَأُنثىand a female كُلُّهاall of her فَرجٌa vulva مُباحُfreely available
وَأُنثى كُلُّها فَرجٌ مُباحُ
About a husband who is wholly an intact male organ,
With a husband who is wholly masculine
And a female who is wholly a freely available vulva.
And a wife who is wholly licentious
وتُفضىand is torn open هذِهِthis one (female) وَيُجَبُّand is emasculated هذاthis one (male)
وتُفضى هذِهِ وَيُجَبُّ هذا
وَلاand do not تُؤذيهِماhurt them both تِلكَthose الجِراحُwounds
وَلا تُؤذيهِما تِلكَ الجِراحُ
And this female is torn open, and this male is emasculated,
One spreads her legs, the other gets an erection
Yet those wounds do not hurt either of them.
Yet those wounds do not hurt either of them