هِلالa crescent خَرَّfell منfrom أوجٍa zenith لتُربِto the dust
هِلال خَرَّ من أوجٍ لتُربِ
فَأُغمِدَand so was sheathed فيهِin it إِغمادَthe sheathing of النُصولِthe blades
فَأُغمِدَ فيهِ إِغمادَ النُصولِ
A crescent fell from the zenith to the dust,
The crescent slipped from its zenith to set
and was sheathed in it as blades are sheathed.
Sheathed like swords back in their scabbards glide
تَناولَtook up شِلوَهُhis remains رضوانُRidwan كَيماso that
تَناولَ شِلوَهُ رضوانُ كَيما
يُؤدّيهِhe might convey him إلىto مَهديthe Mahdi of البتُولِal-Batul (the Virgin)
يُؤدّيهِ إلى مَهدي البتُولِ
Ridwan took up his remains so that
Her crescent taken gently in hand by Rizwan
he might convey him to al-Batul’s Mahdi.
To return it to Muhammed's daughter, the bride
Sol 6.1