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# scorched
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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]])
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# My mother's sons
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"My half-brothers." These brothers probably had the same mother as the woman but not the same father.
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# made me keeper of the vineyards
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"made me take care of the vineyards"
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# but my own vineyard I have not kept
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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]])
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