# scorched

This exaggeration for "burned" or "made black" refers to the sun changing her skin from light to dark. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])

# My mother's sons

"My half-brothers." These brothers probably had the same mother as the woman but not the same father.

# made me keeper of the vineyards

"forced me to take care of the vineyards"

# but my own vineyard I have not kept

The woman compares herself to a vineyard. Alternate translation: "but I have not been able to take care of myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])