ومَوْسوسٍand a man beset by obsessive doubts عندَduring الطَّهارَةِritual purification لمdid not يزلْcease
ومَوْسوسٍ عندَ الطَّهارَةِ لم يزلْ
أَبداًever علىin using الماءِthe water الكثيرabundant مُوَاظبَاassiduous
أَبداً على الماءِ الكثير مُوَاظبَا
And a man beset by doubts at ritual purification never ceased
to use copious water with unceasing diligence.
يَستصغرُhe deems too small البحْرَthe sea الكبيرَvast لذقنهِfor his chin
يَستصغرُ البحْرَ الكبيرَ لذقنهِ
ويَظُنُّand he thinks دِجلةَthe Tigris ليسَnot تكفيit suffices for شارِبَاa moustache
ويَظُنُّ دِجلةَ ليسَ تكفي شارِبَا
He deems the vast sea too small for his chin,
and thinks the Tigris would not suffice for a moustache.
Sol 6.1