جاريةٌa slave-girl أرضground نباتgrowth استهاher arse
جاريةٌ أرض نبات استها
رقيقةُfine التربةthe soil خوارهsoft and yielding
رقيقةُ التربة خواره
A slave-girl—the ground where her arse sprouts
A land whose plants have withered
is fine-soiled, soft and yielding.
Of delicate soil and desolate expanse
تسبحswims فيin جانبthe side of مفساتهاher fart-hole
تسبح في جانب مفساتها
عينa spring خراshit بالعرضcrosswise خرارهgurgling
عين خرا بالعرض خراره
Beside her fart-hole swims
A spring flows along its hillside
a spring of shit, gurgling crosswise.
With wide eyes peering through the rocks
كأنas though ليI have منهاfrom her علىupon عاتقيmy shoulder
كأن لي منها على عاتقي
كراعa shank شاةa sheep فوقatop قنارهa meat-hook
كراع شاة فوق قناره
It is as though I have from her upon my shoulder
As though it placed upon my shoulders
a sheep’s shank atop a meat-hook.
A lamb's leg on a cooking pot