عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ قُلْتُهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّنِي
نَشَدْتُ فَلَمْ أُغْفِلْ حَمُولَةَ مَعْبَدِ
Meaning: I committed no wrong to warrant this treatment; rather, I sought the missing camels and did not neglect the pack animals of Maʿbad.
Nashadtu means searching for something missing; ughfil means neglecting or abandoning, and ḥamūlah refers to beasts of burden, here camels. Maʿbad is identified in the commentary as the poet’s brother. Ṭarafah presents the action as family service, not wrongdoing; that contrast gives the complaint its force.