لأشهىindeed sweeter منthan ركوبriding الخيلthe horses عنديto me
لأشهى من ركوب الخيل عندي
ركوبُriding خرائدٍfair maidens بينamong الخيامthe tents
ركوبُ خرائدٍ بين الخيام
Indeed, sweeter to me than riding horses
More savory to me than the riding of horses
Is riding fair maidens among the tents.
Is the riding of maidens amidst the tents,
وأزينُand lovelier منthan هوىpassion for بازٍa goshawk وصقرand a falcon
وأزينُ من هوى بازٍ وصقر
ولعبٍand playing بالديوكِwith the roosters وبالحمامِand with the pigeons
ولعبٍ بالديوكِ وبالحمامِ
And lovelier than a passion for a goshawk and a falcon,
And fairer than the passion for hawk and falcon,
And playing with roosters and pigeons,
Or the sporting with gamecocks and doves,
ومنand than طعنِthrusting الرماحِthe spears ونعتِand describing حربٍwar
ومن طعنِ الرماحِ ونعتِ حربٍ
وصبرand steadfastness عندwhen تجريدunsheathing الحسامِthe sword
وصبر عند تجريد الحسامِ
And than spear-thrusting and describing war,
And more than the thrust of spears and the tales of war,
And steadfastness when the sword is drawn,
Or steadfastness when the sword is unsheathed,
هوىpassion for مدخورةٍa secluded woman فيin بيتِthe house of علجٍa non-Arab man
هوى مدخورةٍ في بيتِ علجٍ
ونيكُand fucking بناتهِhis daughters تحتbeneath الظلامthe darkness
ونيكُ بناتهِ تحت الظلام
Is passion for a secluded woman in a non-Arab's house,
Is the desire for a sequestered prize in a lout's abode,
And fucking his daughters beneath the darkness.
And bedding his daughters beneath the dark.