لَناfor us غرامٌpassion شَديدٌintense فيin هَوىlove of السودِblack women
لَنا غرامٌ شَديدٌ في هَوى السودِ
نَختارُهُنَّwe prefer them عَلىover بيضِwhite الطلاnecks الغِيدِgraceful, slender-necked women
نَختارُهُنَّ عَلى بيضِ الطلا الغِيدِ
We have a fierce passion for black women.
We have intense passion for dark-skinned beauties
We prefer them to graceful women with white necks.
We prefer them over pale-faced girls
لَونٌa hue بِهِthrough it أَشرَقَتshone أَبصارُناour eyes وَحَكىand resembled
لَونٌ بِهِ أَشرَقَت أَبصارُنا وَحَكى
فيin اللَونِcolor وَالعَرفِand fragrance نَفحwaft المِسكِmusk وَالعودِand aloeswood
في اللَونِ وَالعَرفِ نَفح المِسكِ وَالعودِ
A hue that made our eyes shine and resembled
Their complexion has brightened our sights and recalls
the waft of musk and aloeswood in color and fragrance.
The scent of musk and aloeswood in its hue and sheen
لاno شَيءَthing أَحسنُmore beautiful مِنthan عاجٍivory تركِّبُهُyou set it
لا شَيءَ أَحسنُ مِن عاجٍ تركِّبُهُ
فيin آبنُوسَebony وَلاnor أَشفىmore healing لِمبرودِfor one chilled
في آبنُوسَ وَلا أَشفى لِمبرودِ
Nothing is lovelier than ivory you set
Nothing is finer than ebony mounted
in ebony, nor more healing for one chilled.
On ivory, nor more healing for one lovesick
لاdo not تَهوَlove بَيضاءَa white woman لَونthe color of الجصِّplaster وَاسمُand aspire إِلىto
لا تَهوَ بَيضاءَ لَون الجصِّ وَاسمُ إِلى
سوداءَa black woman حَسناءَbeautiful لَونthe color of الأَعيُنِthe eyes السودِblack
سوداءَ حَسناءَ لَون الأَعيُنِ السودِ
Do not love a white woman, plaster-hued; aspire to
Do not crave a chalk-white complexion and turn
a beautiful black woman, the color of black eyes.
To a beautiful dark-eyed, dark-skinned belle
فيin جِيدِهاher neck غَيَدٌgraceful suppleness فيin قَدِّهاher figure مَيَدٌa sway
في جِيدِها غَيَدٌ في قَدِّها مَيَدٌ
فيin خَدِّهاher cheek صَيَدٌa proud tilt مِنfrom سادَةٍlords صِيدِproud
في خَدِّها صَيَدٌ مِن سادَةٍ صِيدِ
In her neck is graceful suppleness, in her figure a sway.
On her cheek is a mole, on her neck a curl
In her cheek is a proud tilt; she is of proud lords.
On her face, prey of elite hunters
مِنfrom آلِthe house of حامٍHam حَمَتshe heated قَلبيmy heart بِنارِwith the fire of جَوىًlove's anguish
مِن آلِ حامٍ حَمَت قَلبي بِنارِ جَوىً
مِنfrom هَجرِهاher desertion وَابتَلَتand she afflicted عَينيmy eye بِتَسهِيدِwith sleeplessness
مِن هَجرِها وَابتَلَت عَيني بِتَسهِيدِ
Of the house of Ham, she heated my heart with the fire of love's anguish
Of Ham's lineage, my heart aflame with passion
from her desertion, and afflicted my eye with sleeplessness.
From her estrangement, my eyes worn with sleeplessness
فَالقَلبُso the heart فيin حَرَقٍburning anguish وَالعَينُand the eye فيin أَرَقٍsleeplessness
فَالقَلبُ في حَرَقٍ وَالعَينُ في أَرَقٍ
So the heart is burning, and the eye is sleepless.
So my heart burns and my eyes know no rest
Sol 6.1