Sol 6.1

  1. قَضى غُرَمائي حُبَّ أَسماءَ بَعدَما

    تَخَوَّتَني ظُلمٌ لَهُم وَفُجورُ

    My creditors ended my love for Asma, after

    Their injustice and wickedness had worn me down.

  2. فَلَو قَلَّ دينُ البَربَرِيِّ قَضَيتُهُ

    وَلَكِنَّ دينَ البَربَرِيِّ كَثيرُ

    So, had the debt to al-Barbari been small, I would have repaid it;

    And yet the debt to al-Barbari is great.

  3. وَكُنتُ إِذا حَلَّت عَلَيَّ دُيونُهُم

    أَضُمُّ جَناحي مِنهُمُ فَأَطيرُ

    And whenever the debts I owed them fell due,

    I would draw in my wing away from them and fly off.

  4. عَلَيَّ لَهُم في كُلِّ شَهرٍ أَديَّةٌ

    ثَمانونَ وافٍ نَقدَها وَجَزورُ

    Each month I owe them a payment:

    Eighty full-weight coins in cash, and a camel for slaughter.

  5. نَجيءُ إِلى ثَورٍ فَفيمَ رَحيلُنا

    وَثَورٌ عَلَينا في الحَياةِ صَبورُ

    We come to Thawr—so why should we depart?

    And Thawr is patient with us throughout life.

  6. أَشُدُّ عَلى ثَورٍ وَثَورٌ إِذا رَأى

    بِنا خَلَّةٌ جَزَلُ العَطاءِ شَفورُ

    I press hard upon Thawr; and Thawr, when he sees

    That we are in need, is lavish in giving and generous.

  7. فَذَلِكَ دَأبي ما بَقيتُ وَما مَشى

    لِثَورٍ عَلى ظَهرِ البِلادِ بَعيرُ

    So that is my habit as long as I live, and as long as there walks

    A camel of Thawr's upon the back of the land.