لِصَدِيْقٍ لَنَا صَدِيْقَةُ سُوءٍ

لِصَدِيْقٍ لَنَا صَدِيْقَةُ سُوءٍ

رَحِمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَحَاهُ عَلَيْهَا

رَحِمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَحَاهُ عَلَيْهَا

A friend of ours has a wretched female friend;

For a friend of ours, an evil female friend,

May God have mercy on whoever rebukes him for her.

May God have mercy on him who censures her.

يُقْبِلُ اللَّيْلُ حِيْنَ تُقْبِلُ لَوْلاَ

يُقْبِلُ اللَّيْلُ حِيْنَ تُقْبِلُ لَوْلاَ

وَضَحٌ فِي سَوَادِ سَالِفَتَيْهَا

وَضَحٌ فِي سَوَادِ سَالِفَتَيْهَا

Night approaches when she approaches, were it not for

The night embraces when she embraces, were it not for

Whiteness amid the blackness on both sides of her neck.

The daylight in the darkness of her two companions.

شَفَتَاهَا غَلِيْظَتَانِ وَلَكِنْ

شَفَتَاهَا غَلِيْظَتَانِ وَلَكِنْ

جُعِل الانْضِمَامُ فِي شَفْرَيْهَا

جُعِل الانْضِمَامُ فِي شَفْرَيْهَا

Her lips are thick, but

Her lips are thick but

Tightness was bestowed upon her eyelid rims.

The compression is in her mouth.

رُبَّ فَأْرٍ وَخُنْفَسَاءٍ أُثِيْرَا

رُبَّ فَأْرٍ وَخُنْفَسَاءٍ أُثِيْرَا

مِنْ خِلاَلِ الشُّقُوقِ مِنْ قَدَمَيْهَا

مِنْ خِلاَلِ الشُّقُوقِ مِنْ قَدَمَيْهَا

Many a mouse and beetle have been stirred up

Many a tumult and commotion were stirred

From among the cracks in her feet.

Through the crevices between her feet.

إِنَّهَا مِثْلُ لَوْنِهَا فَإِذَا مَا

إِنَّهَا مِثْلُ لَوْنِهَا فَإِذَا مَا

زَمَرَتْ خِلْتَ سَاقَهَا بِيَدَيْهَا

زَمَرَتْ خِلْتَ سَاقَهَا بِيَدَيْهَا

She is like her complexion; so whenever

She is just like her color so when

She plays the flute, you imagine her shin is in her hands.

She buzzed, her leg touched her hand.

وَإِذَا خَانَ أَنْ تُوَدِّعَ وَارَتْ

وَإِذَا خَانَ أَنْ تُوَدِّعَ وَارَتْ

نَايَهَا فِي اليَسَارِ مِنْ مِنْخَرَيْهَا

نَايَهَا فِي اليَسَارِ مِنْ مِنْخَرَيْهَا

And when [the time came] for her to take her leave, she hid

And if he is about to bid farewell and turns away

Her flute in her left nostril.

She sways her snout to the left of her nostrils.

وَصَحِيْحٍ مُسَلِّمٍ صَرَعَتْهُ

وَصَحِيْحٍ مُسَلِّمٍ صَرَعَتْهُ

نَفَحَاتُ الصُّنَانِ مِنْ إِبِطَيْهَا

نَفَحَاتُ الصُّنَانِ مِنْ إِبِطَيْهَا

And many a healthy man offering greetings was felled

A true, surrendered man she felled

By wafts of rank body odor from her armpits.

With the exhalations of the fangs from her armpits.