فياso, oh عجباwhat a wonder فرعa branch يتممcompletes أصلهits root
فيا عجبا فرع يتمم أصله
وماand not كانexisted ذاكthat الفرعthe branch إلاexcept بأصلهthrough its root
وما كان ذاك الفرع إلا بأصله
Oh, what a wonder: a branch completes its root!
What a wonder, a branch fulfilling its root
And that branch existed only through its root.
That branch was nothing without the root
فعضدso it strengthened فرقىmy separation لماwhen عضدتI strengthened جمعهits unity
فعضد فرقى لما عضدت جمعه
كبنيانlike an edifice مرصوصtightly joined تبدىappeared بكشهلwith “kashhal” (unclear)
كبنيان مرصوص تبدى بكشهل
So it strengthened my separation when I strengthened its unity.
Supported, it rose when supported together
Like a tightly joined edifice, it appeared with “kashhal” (unclear in the source).
Like a built edifice whose beauty is revealed
فبدءso a beginning لناfor us عوداa return وعودand a return لناfor us بدءاa beginning
فبدء لنا عودا وعود لنا بدءا
وماand not هوit فرعa branch لمdid not يكنbe غيرother than أصلهits root
وما هو فرع لم يكن غير أصله
So a beginning is a return for us, and a return is a beginning for us.
For us it was once renewal, and renewal for us was once beginning
And it is no branch; it was never other than its root.
What is a branch if not its origin
Sol 6.1