صديقٌa friend لناof ours عالمٌknowledgeable بالنجومِabout the stars
صديقٌ لنا عالمٌ بالنجومِ
يحدِّثُناhe tells us عَنْfrom لِسَانِthe tongue of الملكْthe angel
يحدِّثُنا عَنْ لِسَانِ الملكْ
A friend of ours is versed in the stars;
A friend of ours, learned in the stars
He speaks to us through the angel's tongue.
Tells us of the angels' tongues
ويكتمُand he conceals أسْرارَthe secrets of إخوانِهِhis brethren
ويكتمُ أسْرارَ إخوانِهِ
ولكنand yet ينمُّhe gossips بسرِّabout the secret of الفَلَكْthe celestial sphere
ولكن ينمُّ بسرِّ الفَلَكْ
And he conceals his brethren's secrets,
And keeps his brothers' secrets
Yet he divulges the secret of the celestial sphere.
Yet reveals the mysteries of the heavens
Sol 6.1