وشبيهand a likeness للشمسof the sun يسترفsteals (apparently a misprint for يسترق) إلاthe… (apparently part of الأخبار, ‘news’)
وشبيه للشمس يسترف إلا
خبار…news (continuation of الأخبار) منfrom بينamid لحظهاher glances فيin خفاءsecrecy
خبار من بين لحظها في خفاء
And a likeness of the sun steals the
Like the sun he gazes, craving news
news from amid her glances in secret.
From between her glances in secrecy
فتراهso you see it أدرىmore knowledgeable وأعرفand better informed منهاthan she
فتراه أدرى وأعرف منها
وهوwhile it is فيon الأرضthe earth بالذيabout that which فيin السماءheaven
وهو في الأرض بالذي في السماء
Thus you see it more knowledgeable and better informed than she—
Yet he knows and recognizes more than her
though it is on earth—about what is in heaven.
Though he is on earth, and she in the sky
Sol 6.1