أصبحتُI have become صوفياًa Sufi أقولُI believe بشاهدٍin a witness
أصبحتُ صوفياً أقولُ بشاهدٍ
عدلٍupright لهُhe has فيin الحبِّlove ألفُa thousand قبيلِclans
عدلٍ لهُ في الحبِّ ألفُ قبيلِ
I have become a Sufi, believing in a witness—
An upright one, with a thousand clans in love with him.
فحسامُfor the sword ناظرِهِof his gaze وعاملُand the spear-shaft قدِّهِof his stature
فحسامُ ناظرِهِ وعاملُ قدِّهِ
قدْindeed بالغاthe two have gone to extremes فيin الجرحِwounding; discrediting والتعديلِand straightening; attesting uprightness
قدْ بالغا في الجرحِ والتعديلِ
For the sword of his gaze and the spear-shaft of his stature
Have gone to extremes in wounding and attesting uprightness.
Sol 6.1