أَلاListen! أَيُّهَذاO you الراكِبُriding العَيسَthe pale camels بِلِّغَنdo convey the message
أَلا أَيُّهَذا الراكِبُ العَيسَ بِلِّغَن
وَقُلand say ليon my behalf إِنif ضَمَّencompassed دارَكُمُyour home السَفَرُthe journey
وَقُل لي إِن ضَمَّ دارَكُمُ السَفَرُ
Listen, you who ride the pale camels: convey this message,
O you rider of the nimble steed, deliver
and say on my behalf, if the journey reaches your home:
And say; if travel brought your abode together
أَتَسلُبَنيdo you rob me of ماليmy wealth وَإِنand if جاءَcame سائِلٌa beggar
أَتَسلُبَني مالي وَإِن جاءَ سائِلٌ
رَقَقتyou took pity لَهُon him أَنbecause حَطَّهُbrought him نَحوَكَtoward you الفَقرُpoverty
رَقَقت لَهُ أَن حَطَّهُ نَحوَكَ الفَقرُ
Do you rob me of my wealth, yet when a beggar comes,
Will you rob me of my money, and if a beggar comes
you pity him because poverty has brought him to you—
I pitied him when poverty brought him to your door
كَشافِيَةِlike a woman healing المَرضىthe sick بِعائِدَةِwith the proceeds of الزِناfornication
كَشافِيَةِ المَرضى بِعائِدَةِ الزِنا
تُؤَمِّلُshe hopes for أَجراًa reward حَيثُwhere لَيسَthere is no لَهاfor her أَجرُreward
تُؤَمِّلُ أَجراً حَيثُ لَيسَ لَها أَجرُ
like a woman healing the sick with the proceeds of fornication,
Like a cloak that cures the sick with the returning sins
hoping for a reward where no reward is hers?
She hopes for reward where she has no reward
Sol 6.1