وَمَمْلُوكَةٍand a bondwoman ليmine كُلَّماwhenever رُمْتُI sought وَطْأَهاto tread upon her
وَمَمْلُوكَةٍ لي كُلَّما رُمْتُ وَطْأَها
أُقَبِّلُهاI kiss her شَرْطاًas a condition عليَّupon me مُؤَكَّداfirmly stipulated
أُقَبِّلُها شَرْطاً عليَّ مُؤَكَّدا
And a bondwoman of mine—whenever I wish to tread upon her,
And a slave girl I have, whenever I visit her
I kiss her, a firmly stipulated condition upon me.
I kiss her as a duty binding upon me
وَلَمْand did not تُبْدِshe reveal ليto me ثَغْراًa mouth نَقِيّاًclean مُفَلَّجاًwith spaced teeth
وَلَمْ تُبْدِ لي ثَغْراً نَقِيّاً مُفَلَّجاً
فَأُعْذَرَso I might be excused أَوْor خَدّاًa cheek أسِيلاًsmooth مُورَّداrose-tinted
فَأُعْذَرَ أَوْ خَدّاً أسِيلاً مُورَّدا
Nor has she shown me a clean mouth with spaced teeth,
Yet she has not shown me a pure open mouth
so that I might be excused, or a smooth, rosy cheek.
So I could excuse it or a soft reddened cheek
وَلكِنْbut رَداunclear as written ماwhat اعتَدْتُI grew accustomed to شَيئاًsomething ألفتُهُI became familiar with it
وَلكِنْ رَدا ما اعتَدْتُ شَيئاً ألفتُهُ
وكُلُّand every امْرِئٍperson جَارٍproceeding علَىaccording to مَاwhat تَعَوَّداhe grew accustomed to
وكُلُّ امْرِئٍ جَارٍ علَى مَا تَعَوَّدا
But [unclear word]—what I have grown used to, something familiar to me;
But she rejects what I have grown accustomed to
and everyone follows what he has grown accustomed to.
And everyone insists on what he is used to
فَوَجِهِيso my face علَىupon وَجْهٍa face لَهاof hers كُلَّevery لَيْلةٍnight
فَوَجِهِي علَى وَجْهٍ لَها كُلَّ لَيْلةٍ
وَيَومٍand day إذاwhen جواunclear as written إنَّindeed ذاthis نَافِعِيbenefiting me غَداtomorrow
وَيَومٍ إذا جوا إنَّ ذا نَافِعِي غَدا
So my face is upon a face of hers every night,
So my face is set towards a face she has each night
and day, when [unclear word]; surely this will benefit me tomorrow.
And day, when it comes, indeed that benefits me tomorrow
وَغَسْلِيَand my washing لاnot منfrom وَطْئِهاtreading her بَلْrather لِوَfor (word fragment) طْبهاher milk-skin (word continuation)
وَغَسْلِيَ لا من وَطْئِها بَلْ لِوَ طْبها
تَرَىyou see كُلَّevery يَوْمٍday ذاكَthat مِنِّيfrom me مُجَدَّداrenewed
تَرَى كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ذاكَ مِنِّي مُجَدَّدا
And my washing is not from treading her, but for her milk-skin [uncertain wording];
And my washing is not from mounting her, but from her scent
you see that renewed by me every day.
You see that from me renewed each day
وََمَاand not يَعْدَمُhe lacks الوَاطِيthe one who treads لهاupon her منهُfrom him حَمْلَهاher bearing
وََمَا يَعْدَمُ الوَاطِي لها منهُ حَمْلَها
وَإنْand although كانَit is حَمْلاa bearing لَيسَis not يَعقُبُleads to مُولداa birth
وَإنْ كانَ حَمْلا لَيسَ يَعقُبُ مُولدا
And whoever treads her never fails to have her bear a burden from him,
And the rider does not lack from her his riding
although it is a bearing that leads to no birth.
Even if it is riding that does not result in birth
وَهَاهِيَand here she is فيin عَشرthe decade of الثمانينَeighty وَهْيَwhile she لاnot
وَهَاهِيَ في عَشر الثمانينَ وَهْيَ لا
تَرُدُّshe repels مَعَwith الأَيمانِoaths مِنfrom لامِسٍone who touches يَداa hand
تَرُدُّ مَعَ الأَيمانِ مِن لامِسٍ يَدا
And here she is in the decade of eighty, yet she does not
And here she is in her eighties, yet she does not refuse
repel a toucher's hand, even with oaths.
The oaths of a toucher, his hand
Sol 6.1