لاmay ... not سُقِيَتْbe watered حانةُtavern أُتْرُجَّةٍUtrujja
لا سُقِيَتْ حانةُ أُتْرُجَّةٍ
غَيْثاًrain ولاnor حانةُtavern مولودِهاher offspring
غَيْثاً ولا حانةُ مولودِها
May Utrujja's tavern never be watered
with rain, nor her offspring's tavern.
مخضوبَةٌstained بالخَمْرِwith wine جاءَتْshe came بهِwith him
مخضوبَةٌ بالخَمْرِ جاءَتْ بهِ
مُختَضَباًstained منfrom دمِthe blood of عُنقودِهاher grape cluster
مُختَضَباً من دمِ عُنقودِها
Stained with wine, she brought him forth,
stained with the blood of her grape cluster.
تَعذيبُهُhis tormenting العُشّاقَthe lovers تَعذيبُهاher tormenting
تَعذيبُهُ العُشّاقَ تَعذيبُها
ووعدُهand his promise نُسخَةُa copy موعودَهاwhat she promises
ووعدُه نُسخَةُ موعودَها
His tormenting of lovers is just like hers,
and his promise is a copy of what she promises.
فَبَظْرُهاso her clitoris إذsince ولَدَتْshe gave birth مِثلَهْone like him
فَبَظْرُها إذ ولَدَتْ مِثلَهْ
أَولَىmore deserving بعِقْدِof a necklace الدُّرِّpearls مِنْthan جيدِهاher neck
أَولَى بعِقْدِ الدُّرِّ مِنْ جيدِها
So her clitoris, since she bore one like him,
is worthier of a pearl necklace than her neck.
كنتُI was لهاfor her صَيداًprey ولكننَّيbut I
كنتُ لها صَيداً ولكننَّي
أفلَتُّI escaped منfrom وَرْطَةِthe peril of سَفُّودِهاher roasting spit
أفلَتُّ من وَرْطَةِ سَفُّودِها
I was her prey, but I
escaped the peril of her roasting spit.
Sol 6.1