وغَزالَةٍand a gazelle غازَلْتُهاI flirted with her
وغَزالَةٍ غازَلْتُها
فيin المَقْسِal-Maqs منamong أولادِthe descendants of حامِHam
في المَقْسِ من أولادِ حامِ
And a gazelle I flirted with,
I flirted with a gazelle
in al-Maqs, one of Ham’s descendants.
Among the progeny of Ham
نظرَتْshe looked بعَيْنَيْwith the two eyes of ظَبيَةٍa doe
نظرَتْ بعَيْنَيْ ظَبيَةٍ
ونظْرتُand I looked مِنthrough عَيْنَيthe two eyes of قَطامِa hawk
ونظْرتُ مِن عَيْنَي قَطامِ
She looked with a doe’s eyes,
She looked at me with the eyes of a deer
and I looked through a hawk’s eyes.
While I looked at her with fiery eyes
وتبسَّمَتْand she smiled وكأنَّهاand as though she were
وتبسَّمَتْ وكأنَّها
بَرْقٌa lightning flash تألَّقَgleamed فيin غَمامِclouds
بَرْقٌ تألَّقَ في غَمامِ
And she smiled, as though she were
She smiled as if she were
a flash of lightning gleaming in clouds.
A lightning that flashed in the clouds
ثمَّthen انثَنَتْshe turned away مِثلَlike المَهاthe oryx antelopes
ثمَّ انثَنَتْ مِثلَ المَها
وتبِعْتُهاand I followed her رَتْكَat the trot of النَّعامِostriches
وتبِعْتُها رَتْكَ النَّعامِ
Then she turned away like an oryx,
Then she swayed like an ostrich
and I followed her at an ostrich’s trot,
And I followed her like a male ostrich
حتىuntil دخَلْناwe entered بيتَهاher house
حتى دخَلْنا بيتَها
فحَصلْتُso I found myself فيin البَيتِthe house الحَرامِsacred; also forbidden
فحَصلْتُ في البَيتِ الحَرامِ
until we entered her house,
Until we entered her house
so I found myself in the “Sacred House.”
And I committed a sin
فجعَلْتُso I began أفتحُto open ميمَهاher mīm (vulva)
فجعَلْتُ أفتحُ ميمَها
لّماwhen جثَوْتُI knelt لَهاbefore her بلاميwith my lām (penis)
لّما جثَوْتُ لَها بلامي
So I began to open her mīm,
I began to open her lips
when I knelt before her with my lām.
When I knelt before her with my kisses
وكأنَّنيand as though I إذاwhen ذاكَthat moment أوstart of the split verb ‘I thrust in’
وكأنَّني إذا ذاكَ أو
لَجْتُcompletion of ‘I thrust in’ الضِّياءَthe light علىupon الظَّلامِthe darkness
لَجْتُ الضِّياءَ على الظَّلامِ
And it was as though, at that moment, I had
It was as if I was then
thrust light into darkness.
Shedding light in the darkness
ضِدّانِtwo opposites لمdid not يجمَعْهُماunite the two of them
ضِدّانِ لم يجمَعْهُما
إلاّexcept المحبَّةُlove للحَرامِfor what is forbidden
إلاّ المحبَّةُ للحَرامِ
Two opposites that nothing united
Two opposites whom only
except love of the forbidden.
Forbidden love could unite
كانَتْit was لَمريunclear; likely ‘by my life’ عاهةًan affliction
كانَتْ لَمري عاهةً
جمعَتْbrought together غُراباًa raven معwith حَمامِdoves
جمعَتْ غُراباً مع حَمامِ
It was, by my life, an affliction
She was an affliction upon me
that united a raven with a dove.
Having joined a raven with a dove
Sol 6.1