وبيand I am smitten with فقيرٌa poor man أدمعيmy tears
وبي فقيرٌ أدمعي
يعملworks فيهِupon him ماwhatever جرىhas flowed
يعمل فيهِ ما جرى
And I am smitten with a poor man; my tears—
My tears, I am a poor weeping man
whatever has flowed of them works upon him.
Working through what has come to pass
إنْif قلتُI say قدْindeed سلبتَنيyou have robbed me
إنْ قلتُ قدْ سلبتَني
يقولُhe says شغْلُthe work of الفقراthe poor
يقولُ شغْلُ الفقرا
If I say, “You have indeed robbed me,”
If I say you have robbed me
he says, “That is the work of the poor.”
Poverty's toil will respond
Sol 6.1