قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا في البِلادِ قَضِيَّةً

قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا في البِلادِ قَضِيَّةً

مَضْمُونها أَنْ قَدْ قَضَى القِسّيسُ

مَضْمُونها أَنْ قَدْ قَضَى القِسّيسُ

They said, “Throughout the land we heard a matter—

They said, "We heard a report in the land,

its substance: that the priest had met his end.”

whose gist is that the priest has died."

فَأَجبْتُ قَدْ كَانَ الَّذي خَبَّرْتُموا

فَأَجبْتُ قَدْ كَانَ الَّذي خَبَّرْتُموا

عَنْهُ وخَرَّبَ رَبْعَهُ إبْلِيسُ

عَنْهُ وخَرَّبَ رَبْعَهُ إبْلِيسُ

I answered, “What you two reported about him has indeed occurred,

So I replied, "Indeed, it happened as you reported

and Iblis has laid his dwelling waste.”

about him, and Iblis laid waste to his abode."