وسكرand sugar ليسis not منfrom
وسكر ليس من
السكرsugar بالمستخرجextracted
السكر بالمستخرج
A sugar—but not one
And a sugar that is not
extracted from sugar,
extracted from sugar,
ولاnor منfrom القندlump sugar علىover
ولا من القند على
النيرانfires بالمستنتجproduced
النيران بالمستنتج
nor one from cane sugar, over
nor from lump sugar over
flames refined;
fires produced;
أبيضwhite كالكافورlike camphor أوor
أبيض كالكافور أو
كاللؤلؤlike pearls المدحرجrounded
كاللؤلؤ المدحرج
white as camphor, or
white as camphor, or
as a pearl rolled round.
like rounded pearls.
انif نحنwe شبهناهwe likened it بالto the
ان نحن شبهناه بال
فانيدfānīd sugar candy قدindeed كانit would be هجيbelittled
فانيد قد كان هجي
If we likened it to al-
If we likened it to
fānīdh, we would disparage it.
fānīd sugar candy, it would indeed be belittled.
فلوand if حلفتI swore أنهthat it is
فلو حلفت أنه
طرزهof its kind لمnot أحرجI would be at fault
طرزه لم أحرج
Were I to swear that it
And if I swore that it was
was of its kind, I would incur no sin;
of its kind, I would not be at fault;
وانand if حلفتI swore أنهthat it is
وان حلفت أنه
طبرزدṭabarzad rock sugar لمnot يخرجit would fall outside that kind
طبرزد لم يخرج
and were I to swear that it
and if I swore that it was
was rock sugar, I would not stray from truth.
ṭabarzad rock sugar, it would not fall outside that kind.
يعدit is counted فيamong الدواءmedicines أحbeginning of 'sometimes'
يعد في الدواء أح
ياناًending of 'sometimes' معwith الاهليلجmyrobalan
ياناً مع الاهليلج
It is sometimes counted among medi-
It is counted among medicines, at
cines, together with myrobalan.
times, along with myrobalan.
فهوso it is غذاءfood يغتذىone feeds on
فهو غذاء يغتذى
وهوand it is شفاءhealing للشجيfor the sorrowful
وهو شفاء للشجي
Thus it is food on which one feeds,
So it is food to feed upon,
and healing for the sorrow-stricken.
and it is healing for the sorrowful.
ظلit kept منfrom السماءthe sky يهويfalling
ظل من السماء يهوي
فوقupon نبتplants العوسجboxthorn
فوق نبت العوسج
It keeps falling from the sky
It kept falling from the sky
upon the camelthorn’s growth,
upon the boxthorn plants;
يسقطit falls مثلlike اللؤلؤpearls
يسقط مثل اللؤلؤ
الرطبmoist علىupon الفيروزجturquoise
الرطب على الفيروزج
dropping like pearls,
it falls like pearls,
dew-fresh upon turquoise.
moist, upon turquoise.
Sol 6.1