يا من تطيب وهو من حرق استه

يا من تطيب وهو من حرق استه

قلق يكابد كل داء معضل

قلق يكابد كل داء معضل

O one who has perfumed himself, yet, from the burning of his arse,

O you whose scent is fragrant, though from burning embers,

Is restless, battling every intractable ailment.

Anxiety endures, every stubborn malady fails.

فشل الصيال وما عهدنا دبره

فشل الصيال وما عهدنا دبره

مذ كان يفشل عن صيال الفيشل

مذ كان يفشل عن صيال الفيشل

Feeble in assault, yet we have never known his arse,

The torrents have failed, we never knew them to cease,

Since it came to be, to flinch from a cock's assault.

Since the torrents of al-Fayshil ceased to flow.

وأراه فى الكتب الجليلة زاهدا

وأراه فى الكتب الجليلة زاهدا

لا يستجيد سوى كتاب المدخل

لا يستجيد سوى كتاب المدخل

And I see him indifferent to weighty books;

And I see him in the glorious books an ascetic,

He esteems only the Book of Entry.

Skilled only in the book of the Introduction.

قبلته ولثمت فاه مسلما

قبلته ولثمت فاه مسلما

لثم الصديق فم الصديق المجمل

لثم الصديق فم الصديق المجمل

I kissed him and pressed my lips to his mouth in greeting,

I kissed him and licked his mouth, a Muslim,

As a friend kisses a courteous friend's mouth.

The kiss of a friend on the mouth of the veiled friend.

فدنا الى على المكان وقال لى

فدنا الى على المكان وقال لى

أفديك من متشوق متغزل

أفديك من متشوق متغزل

Then he drew close to me at once and said to me:

He approached me in that place and said:

I would ransom you, yearning, amorous one!

I sacrifice myself for a passionate lover,

ان كنت تلثمنى بحق فاسقنى

ان كنت تلثمنى بحق فاسقنى

بلسان بطنك فى فمى من أسفل

بلسان بطنك فى فمى من أسفل

If you kiss me in earnest, then give me drink

If you truly kiss me, then quench my thirst

With your belly's tongue in my mouth, from below.

With your tongue in my mouth from below.