1. قد كانت الأفلاك في بدئها

    ضعيفة ليس بها كوكبُ

    Indeed, the celestial spheres were, at their beginning,

    weak, with no star in them.

  2. قيمها الشمس التي لم تزل

    بالدور في أفلاكها ترأب

    Their keeper was the sun, which never ceased

    to mend them by revolving in its spheres.

  3. وماؤها يزخر في جوفها

    ولأرض في هاوية ترسبُ

    And their water surged within them,

    and the earth settled in an abyss.

  4. ودامت الشمس زماناً على ال

    ماء وفوق الأرض لا تغربُ

    And for a time the sun remained over the

    water and above the earth, never setting.

  5. وأطلعت أبخرة منهما

    فابتدأت أفلاكها تصلبُ

    And it brought forth vapors from them both,

    so its spheres began to harden.

  6. واخترعت أنجمها أنفسا

    مدبّرات شأنها معجبُ

    And their stars created souls,

    governing, wondrous in their nature.

  7. وكوّن الآثار علوية

    والمعدن المكروه والطيّبُ

    And celestial phenomena were formed,

    and minerals, the despised and the good.

  8. وكل هذا أصله واحد

    منه التراكيب التي ركّبوا

    And all this has a single origin,

    from which came the compounds they compounded.