يقولsays أبوAbu (father of) سعيدSaʿid إذwhen رآنيhe saw me
يقول أبو سعيد إذ رآني
عفيفاًabstinent منذfor عامa year ماnot شربتُI drank
عفيفاً منذ عام ما شربتُ
Abu Saʿid says, on seeing me
Abu Sa'id said when he saw me
abstinent—I have not drunk for a year—
Abstinent for a year, not having drunk
علىat يدِthe hand of أيّwhich شيخshaykh تبتَyou repented قلtell ليto me
على يدِ أيّ شيخ تبتَ قل لي
فقلتُso I said علىat يدِthe hand of الإفلاسbankruptcy تبتُI repented
فقلتُ على يدِ الإفلاس تبتُ
“Tell me, at the hand of which shaykh did you repent?”
At the hand of which sheikh have you repented? Tell me
So I said, “At the hand of bankruptcy I repented.”
I said, at the hand of poverty have I repented
Sol 6.1