جُبَّةٌa robe طالَgrew long عُمرُهاits lifespan فَغَدَتso it became تَصbe fit (first fragment)
جُبَّةٌ طالَ عُمرُها فَغَدَت تَص
لُحُbe fit (completing the preceding fragment) أَنto يُسمَعَbe heard الحَديثُthe hadith عَلَيهاin its presence
لُحُ أَن يُسمَعَ الحَديثُ عَلَيها
A robe so long-lived that it has become
Fit for hadith to be heard in its presence.
كُلَّماwhenever قُلتُI said فَرَّجَgranted relief اللَهُGod مِنهاfrom it
كُلَّما قُلتُ فَرَّجَ اللَهُ مِنها
أَحوَجَتmade [me] need خِسَّةُthe baseness الزَمانِof the times إِلَيهاfor it
أَحوَجَت خِسَّةُ الزَمانِ إِلَيها
Whenever I said, “God has relieved me of it,”
The baseness of the times made me need it.
Sol 6.1