ولقدand indeed شهدتُI saw قِبالةopposite الأقصىal-Aqsa الذيwhich
ولقد شهدتُ قِبالة الأقصى الذي
وردَتcame إليهto it بناwith us كبارgreat مواردِapproaches
وردَت إليه بنا كبار مواردِ
Indeed, opposite al-Aqsa, I beheld—
And indeed I saw, opposite al-Aqsa, to which
to which the great roads of approach had borne us—
Great approaches had brought us,
كاساًa cup منof الحجرstone الرخامmarble مدوَّراًrounded
كاساً من الحجر الرخام مدوَّراً
فيin بركةٍa pool جمعتwas assembled بفكرٍby a mind شاردِwandering
في بركةٍ جمعت بفكرٍ شاردِ
a rounded cup made of marble stone,
A rounded cup of marble stone,
within a pool fashioned by a far-ranging mind.
In a pool assembled by a wandering mind.
وأتيتُهُand I came to it فشربتُthen I drank منهfrom it فياso, oh لهfor it
وأتيتُهُ فشربتُ منه فيا له
كاسa cup تدفَّقgushed بالزلالِwith clear water الباردِcold
كاس تدفَّق بالزلالِ الباردِ
I approached it and drank from it—what a
And I came to it and drank from it—oh, what a
cup, gushing with cool, limpid water!
Cup that gushed with cold, clear water!
Sol 6.1