وعجوزand an old woman كأنهاas though she were قوسa bow لامLām
وعجوز كأنها قوس لام
فلقوهاthey cleft her منfrom نبعةa nabʿ tree شرthe worst فلقِcleaving
فلقوها من نبعة شر فلقِ
And an old woman, as though she were Lām’s bow,
They cleft her from a nabʿ tree—the worst of cleavings.
كاتبتنيshe wrote to me شوقاًout of longing إليfor me وقالتand she said
كاتبتني شوقاً إلي وقالت
أخذmay exact اللّهGod ياO بُنيّmy little son بحقيmy rightful due
أخذ اللّه يا بُنيّ بحقي
She wrote to me, longing for me, and said:
“May God, my little son, exact my due!”
قلتI said لاnot أستطيعI am able تركleaving بلادa land
قلت لا أستطيع ترك بلاد
قدindeed وفىprovided in full اللّهGod فيin ثراهاits soil برزقيwith my sustenance
قد وفى اللّه في ثراها برزقي
I said: “I cannot leave a land
In whose soil God has provided my sustenance in full.”
Sol 6.1