نصوص أدبيّة: T-S NS 289.91 + T-S NS 289.159

الوصف

Amorous song in Judaeo-Arabic. Both the speaker (עבדך) and the person (סידי) addressed are grammatically male. There is reference to a beautiful girl only in the last preserved stanza. (Information in part from Mohamed A. H. Ahmed's blog entry "Sexuality in T-S NS 289.91," https://apcairogenizah.com/blog/t-s-ns-289-91/) Rough translation: O master, bring me to you, and beg my soul to be your ransom, wela, be your ransom, ayy ayy, be your ransom. I love no one but you, O master, I am yours, wela, I am yours, ayy ayy, I am yours. O master, O perfect in every way, I love your face with its eyes, wela, with its eyes, ayy ayy, with its eyes. Your love is truly my death, (my death) is as nothing (as long as) you do not anger, wela, you've killed me, ayy ayy, you've killed me, master, you've killed me. Make your forearm and wrist a pillow for me, and bring my mouth to your mouth, wela, to your mouth, ayy ayy, to your mouth. I am your slave and will serve you, O master, your slave and you've possessed me, wela, you've possessed me, ayy ayy, you've possessed me. O master, why have you left me? With leaving you've made me pine, wela, you've made me pine, ayy ayy, you've made me pine. O master, come to my house, you and I will get drunk in the hall, wela, you and I, ayy ayy, you and I. I am your slave, I'll get drunk with you in the hall, O master, you've pleased me, wela, you've pleased me, ayy ayy, you've pleased me. O master, O master of beauties, we'll get drunk from night till morning, wela, till morning, ayy ayy, till morning. [.........] a girl like spears, she saunters prettily and bends over, wela, she bends over, ayy ayy, she bends over.