1. A black one who claims no descent from Ham,

    and has never sought the courtyard of the generous.

  2. As though beneath her were three

    that bring one close to death.

  3. A flame plays in her body

    as lightning’s radiance plays in the dark.

  4. She speaks when she reaches full boil,

    with speech that is not articulate.

  5. And though she has never tasted food,

    her belly is filled with food.

  6. No drinking companion has lacked her bounty,

    on days of hangovers or convivial company.

  7. And when the guest returns once more, I have

    my grazing livestock slaughtered around her.

  8. She is huge: when she boils, she melts

    dry bones with her boiling.

  9. As though the jinn had mounted her

    upon three hillocks.

  10. She has smoke in which is lost

    the dust-cloud of a vast army.

  11. As though fire had clothed her

    in safflower-dyed robes of flame.

  12. And our wealth has always been freely available,

    without humiliation or oppression.

  13. She takes one share of it for sustenance,

    and all the remaining shares for generosity.

Sol 6.1