وأقطعٍand a man whose hand had been cut off قلتُI said لهُto him
وأقطعٍ قلتُ لهُ
هَلquestion marker أنتَyou لصَa thief أوحَدُunrivaled
هَل أنتَ لصَ أوحَدُ
And to a man whose hand had been cut off I said,
Once I asked a lone wolf,
“Are you an unrivaled thief?”
"Are you a thief?"
فَقالَso he said هذيthis صَنْعَةa trade
فَقالَ هذي صَنْعَة
لمdid not يَبْقَremain ليfor me فيهاin it يَدُa hand
لم يَبْقَ لي فيها يَدُ
So he said, “This is a trade
He replied, "That was my trade,
in which I no longer have a hand.”
But I have given it up."
Sol 6.1