1. A judge assumed control of the law, and the law was his eye,
With it, the evident truth appears and shines,
١. وَقاضٍ تَولّى الشّرع وَالشّرعُ عَينُهُ
بِها يَظهرُ الحقُّ المُبين وَيَسطعُ
2. And when the two thirds of it were folded,
From there the eye of the law began to be plucked
٢. وَلَمّا عَلى الثلثينِ مِنهُ قَدِ اِنطَوى
فَمن ثمَّ عينُ الشّرعِ أَصبَح يقلعُ