نجومناour stars سبعةseven فيin الكتبthe books قدindeed وضعتwere set down
نجومنا سبعة في الكتب قد وضعت
لهاthey have حدودbounds وأسماءand names وأعلامُand signs
لها حدود وأسماء وأعلامُ
Our stars are seven; they have been set down in the books.
Our stars are seven in books they're placed
They have bounds, names, and signs.
With limits, names, and signs traced
ماهٌMāh (the Moon) ومِهرٌand Mihr (the Sun) وكِيوانٌand Kīwān (Saturn) وكاتبهand his scribe
ماهٌ ومِهرٌ وكِيوانٌ وكاتبه
والمشتريand Jupiter وأناهيدٌand Anāhīd (Venus) وبَهرامُand Bahrām (Mars)
والمشتري وأناهيدٌ وبَهرامُ
Māh, Mihr, Kīwān, and his scribe,
Moon, Mercury, Saturn, its writer
And Jupiter, Anāhīd, and Bahrām.
Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Bahram
مراتبranks وتدابيرand procedures لناto us ظهرتbecame apparent
مراتب وتدابير لنا ظهرت
فيهاin them المعادنmetals منهاamong them الدرّpearls والسامand gold
فيها المعادن منها الدرّ والسام
Ranks and procedures have become apparent to us;
Ranks and systems for us appeared
Within them are metals, including pearls and gold.
Among them gems, pearls, and lead smeared
وللرصاصand for lead فذاthis one, then ذكرmale
وللرصاص فذا ذكر
سعدauspicious منيرradiant لهit has نقضunbinding وإبرامُand binding
سعد منير له نقض وإبرامُ
And as for lead, this one is male,
And for lead, it has mention
Auspicious and radiant, able to unbind and bind.
Sa'd Muneer, its making and unmaking
والآخرand the other المظلمdark النحسill-omened الذيwhich خفيتwere hidden
والآخر المظلم النحس الذي خفيت
فيهin it السعودgood fortunes فإرغامthen compulsion وإنعامُand favor
فيه السعود فإرغام وإنعامُ
And the other, dark and ill-omened, in which lie hidden
The other is gloomy, ominous, veiled
Good fortunes—then compulsion and favor.
In it fortunes, compelling and hailing
وفيand in الحديدiron إذاwhen أحكمتyou perfect صنعتهits working
وفي الحديد إذا أحكمت صنعته
مزعفراًsaffron-tinted لونهits color السرّthe secret الذيthat رامواthey sought
مزعفراً لونه السرّ الذي راموا
And in iron, when you perfect its working—
And iron, if perfectly wrought
Its color saffron-tinted—lies the secret they sought.
Lead-colored, a secret they sought
ثمthen النحاسcopper التيwhich أسرارناour secrets حجبتveiled
ثم النحاس التي أسرارنا حجبت
منهنfrom them أرواحspirits وأجسامand bodies
منهن أرواح وأجسام
Then copper, which our secrets have veiled;
Then copper, our secrets it hid
From them come spirits and bodies.
Among them spirits, bodies amid
وفيand in الزوابيقquicksilvers أسرارsecrets معظمةexalted
وفي الزوابيق أسرار معظمة
بهاthrough them تماسكhold together عندduring السبكcasting أجرامُbodies
بها تماسك عند السبك أجرامُ
And in quicksilvers lie exalted secrets;
And in quicksilver, mighty secrets rest
Through them, bodies hold together during casting.
By it, joined are bodies when pressed
رخوsoft صليبhard منيرradiant مظلمdark ذكرmale
رخو صليب منير مظلم ذكر
أنثىfemale خروجexit ولوجentry منضجripened خامٌraw
أنثى خروج ولوج منضج خامٌ
Soft, hard, radiant, dark, male,
Male cross bright, male cross dim
Female, exit, entry, ripened, raw.
Female exit and entrance within
والبدرand the full moon مملتىءfilled نوراًwith light وباطنهand its interior
والبدر مملتىء نوراً وباطنه
شمسa sun ومنand from نورهاits light ينجابis dispelled إظلامُdarkness
شمس ومن نورها ينجاب إظلامُ
And the full moon is filled with light, and within it
The moon, with light fully filled
Is a sun, and by its light darkness is dispelled.
A sun, from its light shadows spilled
وهيand they are النجومthe stars التيwhich إنif كنّthey are ناقصةincomplete
وهي النجوم التي إن كنّ ناقصة
ضاعتare lost فلمso did not تغنavail أعمالlabors وأيامand days
ضاعت فلم تغن أعمال وأيام
And they are the stars which, if they are incomplete,
These stars, if imperfect, forgot
Are lost, and labors and days are of no avail.
Deeds and days were diminished, lost
وإنماand only هذهthese الأشياءthings واحدةone
وإنما هذه الأشياء واحدة
وإنand even if تغايرdiffer القابtitles وأعلامُand designations
وإن تغاير القاب وأعلامُ
And these things are but one,
These things are but one, if named apart
Though titles and designations differ.
Despite differing titles and signs set
إذاwhen تغيرchanges لونa color غيرتyou change اسمهits name
إذا تغير لون غيرت اسمه
وإسمand a name وحيّرand bewildered أوهامimaginations وأفهامُand understandings
وإسم وحيّر أوهام وأفهامُ
When a color changes, you change its name,
If color changed, name too differs
And a name—and it bewildered imaginations and minds.
Name perplexed minds and differs
هذاthis الذيthat which تركleft الألبابthe intellects حائرةbewildered
هذا الذي ترك الألباب حائرة
وفيهand about it قدindeed قالspoke أقوامpeoples وأقوامُand peoples
وفيه قد قال أقوام وأقوامُ
This is what left intellects bewildered,
This that left minds confused
And of it, peoples upon peoples have spoken.
Of it people said and mused
Sol 6.1