وكم حديثٍ كأنه سمرٌ

وكم حديثٍ كأنه سمرٌ

قد مر لي في الزنا مع السمر

قد مر لي في الزنا مع السمر

And many a tale, like nighttime chatter,

How much talk is like chatting

has come my way in fornication with brown-skinned women.

That has passed for me while chatting with friends

وافرة الردف فهو يثقلها

وافرة الردف فهو يثقلها

لطيفةُ الكشح نضوة الخصر

لطيفةُ الكشح نضوة الخصر

Ample in the rump, so it weighs her down,

Of ample hips, so it weighs her down

delicate of flank and slender of waist.

Delicate of waist, soft of flesh

طعم خراها مع طعم فيشلتي

طعم خراها مع طعم فيشلتي

يشبه طعم اللبا مع التمر

يشبه طعم اللبا مع التمر

The taste of her shit with the taste of my glans

The taste of her mouth with the taste of my kisses

resembles the taste of colostrum with dates.

Is like the taste of raisins with dates

لو لم أشبب بشعر عانتها

لو لم أشبب بشعر عانتها

ما طاب للناس كلهم شعري

ما طاب للناس كلهم شعري

Had I not composed love verse about her pubic hair,

Had I not fallen for the agony of her love

my poetry would not have pleased all the people.

My poetry would not be sweet for all people

قيل لأيري وقد رأوه ولا الهار

قيل لأيري وقد رأوه ولا الهار

ب بعد الحصول في الأسر

ب بعد الحصول في الأسر

They said to my cock, when they saw it—not even a fugitive

They said to the deer after they saw it chained

after being taken captive [would run like that]—

Without escape after being captured

يشتد بعد العشا إلى حرها

يشتد بعد العشا إلى حرها

عدواً بال حشمةٍ ولا فكر

عدواً بال حشمةٍ ولا فكر

hurrying after supper toward her cunt,

Passion for it grows after obtaining it

at a run, without shame or thought:

An enemy without shyness or thought

ما لك هو ذا تطير قال لهم

ما لك هو ذا تطير قال لهم

أطير مستعجلاً إلى وكري

أطير مستعجلاً إلى وكري

“What's with you, flying like this?” It said to them,

What is with you, why do you fly, they asked it

“I fly in haste to my nest.”

I fly hurriedly to my den, it said to them

ولي خصى لو خرجت أعرضه اش

ولي خصى لو خرجت أعرضه اش

تراه مني بروحه دري

تراه مني بروحه دري

And I have balls: were I to go out displaying them,

I have testicles, if I walk exposing them

Durrī would buy them from me with his very soul.

You would see me move them involuntarily

إيري عليه كأنه وتدٌ

إيري عليه كأنه وتدٌ

قد علقت فيه دبة البزر

قد علقت فيه دبة البزر

My cock above them is like a peg

The deer is as if it were a peg

on which a flask of linseed oil has been hung.

In which an insect of seeds was hung