أَخلَقَhas worn threadbare الشِعرpoetry مدلويهِMadlawayh وَأَهليهِand its people
أَخلَقَ الشِعر مدلويهِ وَأَهليهِ
وَأَزرىand brought discredit الملَقُّflattery بِالصوفِيَّهupon the Sufis
وَأَزرى الملَقُّ بِالصوفِيَّه
Madlawayh has worn poetry and its people threadbare;
And flattery has brought discredit upon the Sufis.
حادَhe strayed عَنfrom مَذهَبِthe path التَصَوُّفِof Sufism إِلّاexcept for
حادَ عَن مَذهَبِ التَصَوُّفِ إِلّا
كَثرَةَexcess الأَكلِof eating فيهِwithin it وَاللوطِيَّهand sodomy
كَثرَةَ الأَكلِ فيهِ وَاللوطِيَّه
He has strayed from the path of Sufism, except for
Excessive eating within it, and sodomy.