وَقاضٍ تَولّى الشّرع وَالشّرعُ عَينُهُ

وَقاضٍ تَولّى الشّرع وَالشّرعُ عَينُهُ

بِها يَظهرُ الحقُّ المُبين وَيَسطعُ

بِها يَظهرُ الحقُّ المُبين وَيَسطعُ

And a judge took charge of the law, and the law was his eye;

A judge assumed control of the law, and the law was his eye,

Through it, manifest truth appears and shines.

With it, the evident truth appears and shines,

وَلَمّا عَلى الثلثينِ مِنهُ قَدِ اِنطَوى

وَلَمّا عَلى الثلثينِ مِنهُ قَدِ اِنطَوى

فَمن ثمَّ عينُ الشّرعِ أَصبَح يقلعُ

فَمن ثمَّ عينُ الشّرعِ أَصبَح يقلعُ

And when he had harbored two-thirds of it,

And when the two thirds of it were folded,

He then began to gouge out the law’s eye.

From there the eye of the law began to be plucked