فَإِنand if تَكُbe عَينيmy eye خَباhas faded نورهاits light
فَإِن تَكُ عَيني خَبا نورها
فَكَمthen how many قَبلَهاbefore it نورُthe light عينof an eye خباhas faded
فَكَم قَبلَها نورُ عين خبا
If my eye's light has faded,
how many an eye's light has faded before it!
فَلَمyet did not يعمَgo blind قَلبيmy heart وَلَكِنَّماbut rather
فَلَم يعمَ قَلبي وَلَكِنَّما
أَرىI see نورthe light عينيof my eye إِلَيهِinto it سرىpassed
أَرى نور عيني إِلَيهِ سرى
Yet my heart has not gone blind; rather,
I see my eye's light has passed into it
فأسرجand kindled فيهwithin it إِلىin addition to نورهits light
فأسرج فيه إِلى نوره
سراحاًa release (likely a typo for سراجاً, 'a lamp') مِنof العلمَknowledge يَشفيheals العمىblindness
سراحاً مِن العلمَ يَشفي العمى
and kindled within it, alongside its own light,
[a lamp] of knowledge that heals blindness.
Sol 6.1