حكىhe depicted العقيقَal-ʿAqīq والنقاand al-Naqā
حكى العقيقَ والنقا
بالرملِwith sand والأناملِand fingertips
بالرملِ والأناملِ
He depicted al-ʿAqīq and al-Naqā
He told of carnelian and pearl
with sand and fingertips,
With sand and fingers
وقالand he said وصليunion with me عقلةٌa fetter
وقال وصلي عقلةٌ
إلاّexcept بقبضٍthrough a grasp داخلِinward
إلاّ بقبضٍ داخلِ
and said, “Union with me is a fetter,
And said: no prayer beads
except through an inward grasp.”
Except with an inner grasp
Sol 6.1