حجر يظهر في التد

حجر يظهر في التد

بير منه حركات

بير منه حركات

A stone—in its treat-

A stone appears in the mud

ment, movements emerge from it.

In it are movements

فيه غوص وانتشار

فيه غوص وانتشار

ونفور وثبات

ونفور وثبات

Within it are sinking and spreading,

In it are diving and spreading

and flight and fixity.

And recoiling and stillness

كان فيه الطبع حياً

كان فيه الطبع حياً

قبل أن كان الوفاة

قبل أن كان الوفاة

Nature was alive within it,

In it nature was alive

before death came.

Before there was death

ثم غاص الطبع فيه

ثم غاص الطبع فيه

فهو في القبر رفات

فهو في القبر رفات

Then nature sank within it,

Then nature in it submerged

so in the grave it is crumbled remains.

So it is in the grave remains

ثم عند البعث لما

ثم عند البعث لما

جمع الشمل الشتات

جمع الشمل الشتات

Then, at resurrection, when

Then at the resurrection when

the scattered parts were gathered together,

The scattered parts unite

عاد فيه مثلما كا

عاد فيه مثلما كا

ن وما حلّ الممات

ن وما حلّ الممات

nature returned within it, just as it had

It returns as it was before

been, and death had not befallen it.

And death did not arrive

وبدا من مستجن ال

وبدا من مستجن ال

طبع تلك الكامنات

طبع تلك الكامنات

And there emerged from the hidden part of

And from the hidden nature

nature those latent things:

Emerge those latent things

ذهب من ذهب وال

ذهب من ذهب وال

أصل فيه الثمرات

أصل فيه الثمرات

gold from gold; and the

What went is gone but

root holds the fruits within it.

The essence in it the fruits

ثمر محتجب في ال

ثمر محتجب في ال

بذر أبداه النبات

بذر أبداه النبات

Fruit concealed in the

A fruit hidden in the seed

seed—growth revealed it.

Made evident by the plant

والذي كان به المو

والذي كان به المو

ت به كان الحياة

ت به كان الحياة

And what had brought about dea-

And that which held death

th had brought about life.

In it too was life