1. Convey to Najāḥ, the young secretary, a message—

    one the wind may carry back and forth:

  2. Money will not leave ʿUmar’s hands freely

    unless the sword is driven into his temples.

  3. The men of al-Rukhkhaj never fulfill what they promise,

    but the women of al-Rukhkhaj never fail to keep a tryst.

Sol 5.6