إِذاwhen اِتَّسَعَتshe strides out لَمnot يَلحَقِcatch up with الذَرُّtiny ants شَأوَهاher pace
إِذا اِتَّسَعَت لَم يَلحَقِ الذَرُّ شَأوَها
وَخامَرَهاand overtakes her دونَshort of الذِراعِa cubit اِنبِهارُهاher breathlessness
وَخامَرَها دونَ الذِراعِ اِنبِهارُها
When she strides out, tiny ants cannot match her pace,
When it expands, a speck cannot reach its end,
Yet breathlessness overtakes her before she has gone a cubit.
And a feeling of awe overtakes it, short of reaching its arm's length.
Sol 6.1