كمhow often تبدىappeared فوقupon طرسٍa page
كم تبدى فوق طرسٍ
بيthrough me صراطٌa path مستقيمُstraight
بي صراطٌ مستقيمُ
How often there appeared upon a page
How a straight path appears
through me a straight path,
Upon a mighty rock
كنهارٍlike a day فيهin it نهرٌa river
كنهارٍ فيه نهرٌ
مدهfed it ليلٌa night بهيمُpitch-dark
مده ليلٌ بهيمُ
like a day with a river in it,
Like a river in day
fed by a pitch-dark night.
Lit by starry night
Sol 6.1