تغيّبhas gone away مملوكيmy slave الذيwhom قدindeed هويتهI loved him
تغيّب مملوكي الذي قد هويته
وخلَّفand left behind إيريmy cock للهمومto sorrows يعانيsuffering
وخلَّف إيري للهموم يعاني
My slave, whom I loved, has gone away,
My beloved has wandered off and I've lost sight of him
And left my cock suffering from sorrow.
Leaving me prey to never ending sorrows
وماand not نافعيbenefiting me تحتbeneath الدّجىthe darkness نصبraising فيئتيmy shade-shelter (uncertain reading)
وما نافعي تحت الدّجى نصب فيئتي
وقدand already حيلa barrier was set بينbetween العيرthe ass والنَزَوانand mounting
وقد حيل بين العير والنَزَوان
Raising my shade-shelter beneath the darkness does me no good,
Of no use to me is the fortune I've amassed in the dark of night
When the ass has been barred from mounting.
Now that I'm cut off from my love and his companionship