Sol 5.6

  1. My heart has become Sulayma’s target,

    whether a shot from her goes wide or is deliberately aimed.

  2. So care set me astride a thickset, rugged she-camel;

    you could see the ʿUlayfī saddle fastened firmly upon her,

  3. and between its two girths a great, matted hump.

    When the mirage streamed across the open waste,

  4. the mount found the water it had ridden forth to drink,

    approaching it like a wolf intent upon an ambush,

  5. until our Lord brought Muhammad before our eyes,

    reciting from God a Scripture that guides.

  6. We did not deny it, but fell down in prostration,

    giving the alms-tax and maintaining the mosque.

Sol 5.6