1. A slave girl of Persian descent
With a tutor's gentle touch under a governor's power

2. She is clad in robes that delight you and enchant with their beauty
As if draped by wild donkeys with strips of cloth

3. She yearns for her absent companion as though
A calf under the care of the Lord of dependents

4. When she senses her companion is gone, you would think
A beauty has faded at dawn due to a rival

5. She links the “k” and the “j” with a delicate trill
Whenever a right hand follows a left