طَيلَسانٌ لِاِبنِ حَربٍ جاءَني
قَد قَضى التَمزيقُ مِنهُ وَطَرَه
A mantle belonging to Ibn Harb came to me;
A letter from Ibn Harb's son has reached me
Tearing has had its fill of it.
Torn to pieces, barely holding together
أَنا مِن خَوفٍ عَلَيهِ أَبَداً
سامِرِيٌّ لَيسَ يَألو حَذَرَه
Out of fear for it, I am forever
I fear for him always
A Samiri who spares no precaution.
A Samaritan, not wary of danger
يا اِبنَ حَربٍ خُذهُ أَو فَاِبعَث بِما
نَشتَري عِجلاً بِصِفرٍ عَشَرَه
O Ibn Harb, take it, or send us the means
O Ibn Harb's son, take it or send what
To buy a calf for ten copper coins.
We can buy a yellow bull for ten
فَلَعَلَّ اللَهَ يُحييهِ لَنا
إِن ضَرَبناهُ بِبَعضِ البَقَرَه
Then perhaps God will revive it for us,
Perhaps God will revive it for us
If we strike it with part of the cow.
If we strike it with one of the cows
فَهوَ قَد أَدرَكَ نوحاً فَعَسى
عِندَهُ مِن عِلمِ نوحٍ خَبَرَه
For it lived to see Noah, so perhaps
For it has known Noah, and perhaps
It has some knowledge of Noah's lore.
It possesses some of Noah's knowledge
أَبَداً يَقرَأُ مَن أَبصَرَه
أَإِذا كُنّا عِظاماً نَخِرَه
Whoever sees it is forever reciting:
It will always read whoever sees it
“What! When we have become crumbling bones?”
Even when we are bones turned to dust
Sol 6.1