وتاجرٍand a merchant ماmā- (opening of the verb ‘I delayed paying him’) طلتُهُ-ṭaltuhu (remainder of the verb ‘I delayed paying him’) دينَهُthe debt owed to him
وتاجرٍ ما طلتُهُ دينَهُ
لأجتليهِto gaze upon him قالَhe said ماhow أمطلَكْslow you are to pay
لأجتليهِ قالَ ما أمطلَكْ
And a merchant whose payment I delayed,
to gaze upon him, said, “How slow you are to pay!”
قلتُI said لهُto him جيدُكَyour neck هذاthis لمنْbelonging to whom
قلتُ لهُ جيدُكَ هذا لمنْ
فقالَthen he said هاتِhand over المالَthe money والجيدُand the neck لكْis yours
فقالَ هاتِ المالَ والجيدُ لكْ
I said to him, “Whose is this neck of yours?”
Then he said, “Hand over the money, and the neck is yours.”
Sol 6.1