قلتI said للشاعرto the poet والشاand the po- (beginning of ‘poet’)
قلت للشاعر والشا
عر-et (completion of ‘poet’) ذوpossessing سهمan arrow يطيشmisses its mark
عر ذو سهم يطيش
I said to the poet—and the po-
et has an arrow that misses its mark—
انتyou انif عشتyou live تمتyou die جوof hun- (beginning of ‘hunger’)
انت ان عشت تمت جو
عاً-ger (completion of ‘hunger’) وانand if متyou die تعيشyou live
عاً وان مت تعيش
“You, if you live, will die of hun-
ger; and if you die, you will live.”
Sol 6.1