1. He is a judge, as you say, but he bears
No sign of judgment, an obscuring veil
١. هو قاضٍ كما تقول ولكنْ
ما عَلَيهِ مِنَ القَضاءِ عَلامَه
2. Covers his face, thicker than ten ink blots,
And on it pictures stranger than e'er drawn
٢. عِمّةٌ تَملأ الفَضاءَ عَلَيهِ
فوق وجهٍ كعُشْرِ عشر القُلامَهْ
3. In holy city.
٣. وَعَلَيها مِنَ التَصاويرِ ما لَم
يَجمعُ القدسُ مِثلَه وقُمامَهْ