جارية تجلد حد المفتري

كأن عبد اللّه فيها قد خري

A slave girl is flogged with a slanderer's prescribed punishment.

As though ʿAbd Allāh had shat in her.

قبيحة المنظر ذات مخبر

كأنها قد ضمخت بالعنبر

Ugly in appearance, with an inner nature,

As though she had been anointed with ambergris.

معشوقة في قدها المختصر

كأنها الدلو حذاء المشتري

Adored for her diminutive figure,

As though she were the Bucket opposite Jupiter.

تزهى بأذنين ورأس حجري

أطعن منها في سواءِ الثُّغَر

She preens with two ears and a head of stone.

I thrust into the very center of her openings.

نسألها عن عجر وبجر

تصدقنا عن مودعات الخبر

We ask her about knots and swellings;

She tells us truly of the tidings deposited within.

نعيت فيهن بمسى الأسر

تسكن في بيت لها مسعر

In them, my death was announced at captivity's dusk [wording uncertain].

She dwells in a house heated for her.

تسفر عن وجه لها مخدر

مخردل مفلفل مسعتر

She unveils a veiled face of hers,

Mustard-seasoned, peppered, and thyme-seasoned.

سوداء كالقار أو المقير

في حجرها أبيض مثل القمر

Black as pitch or something coated in pitch,

In her lap is something white like the moon,

مطرز بالام من ذات حر

أخرج هداك اللّه لا تقصر

Embroidered with pains [reading uncertain], from one with a vulva.

Bring it forth—may God guide you—do not fall short,

إن كنت ذا حذق بها أو بصر

If you possess skill concerning her, or discernment.