لاعَبْتُI played with بِالخَاتَمwith the ring إنْسَانَةًa woman
لاعَبْتُ بِالخَاتَم إنْسَانَةً
كَالبَدْرِlike the full moon فيin جُنْحِthe darkness of الدُّجَىthe night الفَاحِمِcoal-black
كَالبَدْرِ في جُنْحِ الدُّجَى الفَاحِمِ
I played with a woman, using a ring,
like the full moon in the darkness of coal-black night,
حَتّىuntil إذاwhen ماemphatic particle رُمْتُI sought أَخْذِيmy taking لَهُof it
حَتّى إذا ما رُمْتُ أَخْذِي لَهُ
مِنَfrom البَنَانِthe fingertips التَّرفِdelicate النَّاعمِsoft
مِنَ البَنَانِ التَّرفِ النَّاعمِ
until, when I sought to take it
from her delicate, soft fingertips,
خَبَّتهُshe hid it فيin فِيهَاher mouth فَقُلْتُso I said انْظُرواlook, all of you
خَبَّتهُ في فِيهَا فَقُلْتُ انْظُروا
قَدْindeed خَبَّتِshe hid الخَاتِمَthe ring بالخَاتِمِin the ring (her mouth)
قَدْ خَبَّتِ الخَاتِمَ بالخَاتِمِ
she hid it in her mouth, so I said, “Look!
She has hidden the ring in a ring—her mouth!”
Sol 6.1