سأَلتُI asked راهبَthe monk of خدِّيهhis cheeks فأَخبرنيso he told me
سأَلتُ راهبَ خدِّيه فأَخبرني
بأَنَّهthat he قدْalready أَتىcame مِنْfrom دِيرِthe monastery of شعْرانِShaʿrān
بأَنَّه قدْ أَتى مِنْ دِيرِ شعْرانِ
I asked the monk of his cheeks, and he told me
I asked a monk with shaven head, and he told me
that he had come from the monastery of Shaʿrān.
He came from Sha'ran monastery,
وشبَّand grew نملُthe ants of عِذارَيهhis sideburns فقلتُso I said لهto him/it
وشبَّ نملُ عِذارَيه فقلتُ له
كبُرتyou have grown big ياO نملُants أَوْor صِرْتyou have become السُّليمانيal-Sulaymānī (the Solomonic one)
كبُرت يا نملُ أَوْ صِرْت السُّليماني
The ants of his sideburns grew, so I said to them:
And ants had nested in his beard, so I said to him:
“Have you grown big, O ants, or become al-Sulaymānī?”
"You have become great, O ants, or else turned Solomon-like!"
Sol 6.1