وَذَهبيّ نمرٍ فَضّضوه بسكّرٍ

وَذَهبيّ نمرٍ فَضّضوه بسكّرٍ

وَحَشوا حشاهُ لبّ جوزٍ وفستقِ

وَحَشوا حشاهُ لبّ جوزٍ وفستقِ

And a golden leopard, which they silvered with sugar;

And a golden leopard they silvered with sugar,

and stuffed its belly with walnut and pistachio kernels—

And stuffed its belly with walnut kernels and pistachios,

كَحبشيّةٍ قَد أقبلت في مُلاءةٍ

كَحبشيّةٍ قَد أقبلت في مُلاءةٍ

تَقول لزوجٍ مِن رُضابي فاِستقِ

تَقول لزوجٍ مِن رُضابي فاِستقِ

like an Abyssinian woman coming forward in a mantle,

Like an Abyssinian woman who has come in a wrap,

saying to a husband, “Drink from the nectar of my mouth.”

Saying to a husband, “Then drink of my sweet saliva.”