ما زال يَبْنِي خالِفٌ عن سالِفٍ

ما زال يَبْنِي خالِفٌ عن سالِفٍ

منهم ويُعْرِبُ آخِرٌ عن أوّلِ

منهم ويُعْرِبُ آخِرٌ عن أوّلِ

A successor has never ceased building upon a predecessor

Successor after predecessor has never ceased to build,

among them, each latter giving expression to the first:

Among them, and the later speaks for the earlier:

بَيتٌ يَجُرُّ على المَجَرَّةِ ذَيْلَه

بَيتٌ يَجُرُّ على المَجَرَّةِ ذَيْلَه

وندىً به عَزْلُ السِّماكِ الأعزلِ

وندىً به عَزْلُ السِّماكِ الأعزلِ

a house that trails its hem across the Milky Way,

A house that trails its hem over the Milky Way,

and bounty by which the unarmed Simāk is unseated.

And bounty through which Spica, the Unarmed, is deposed.