Sol 6.1

  1. فَإِن يَأتِكُم مِنّي هِجاءٌ فَإِنَّما

    حَباكُم بِهِ مِنّي جَميلُ اِبنُ أَرقَما

    So if satire from me reaches you, it is only

    Jamil son of Arqam who bestowed it on you from me.

  2. تَجَلَّلَ غَدراً حَرمَلاءَ وَأَقلَعَت

    سَحائِبُهُ لَمّا رَأى أَهلَ مَلهَما

    He cloaked Harmala in treachery, but away withdrew

    his clouds when he saw the people of Malham.

  3. فَهَل لَكُمُ فيها إِلَيَّ فَإِنَّني

    طَبيبٌ بِما أَعيا النِطاسِيَّ حِذيَما

    Will you then turn to me in this? For I am

    a healer of what baffled the master physician Hidhyam,

  4. فَأُخرِجَكُم مِن ثَوبِ شَمطاءَ عارِكٍ

    مُشَهَّرَةٍ بَلَّت أَسافِلَهُ دَما

    so I may bring you out of the robe of a gray-haired, menstruating woman,

    a notorious woman who soaked its lower folds with blood.

  5. وَلَو كانَ جارٌ مِنكُمُ في عَشيرَتي

    إِذاً لَرَأَوا لِلجارِ حَقّاً وَمَحرَما

    And had one of you been a protected neighbor among my clan,

    then they would have recognized a neighbor's rights and inviolability.

  6. وَلَو كانَ حَولي مِن تَميمٍ عِصابَةٌ

    لَما كانَ مالي فيكُمُ مُتَقَسَّما

    And had a band of Tamim been around me,

    my wealth would not have been divided among you.

  7. أَلا تَتَّقونَ اللَهَ إِذ تَعلِفونَها

    رَضيخَ النَوى وَالعُضِّ حَولاً مُجَرَّما

    Will you not fear God, as you feed them

    crushed date pits and fodder for a whole year?

  8. وَأَعجَبَكُم فيها أَغَرُّ مُشَهَّرٌ

    تِلادٌ إِذا نامَ الرَبيضُ تَغَمغَما

    And among them you admired a white-blazed, conspicuous one,

    long-owned; when the resting herd slept, he rumbled.