أيمنُmost auspicious مولودoffspring رأيناهwe have seen it فيin
أيمنُ مولود رأيناه في
علومناour sciences مولودناour offspring الأخضرthe green one
علومنا مولودنا الأخضر
The most auspicious offspring we have seen in
Ayman, we saw him born in our sciences, our green newborn
our sciences is our green offspring.
He is the wise men's copper that they confronted in composition or fettered
وهوand it is نحاسcopper الحكماءthe sages الذيwhich
وهو نحاس الحكماء الذي
صَدّهُhe held it back فيin التركيبcompounding أوor زَنجَرواthey coated with verdigris
صَدّهُ في التركيب أو زَنجَروا
And it is the sages' copper, which
Extracted from the sky and earth,
he held back in compounding, or they coated with verdigris.
The dull stone softens because of him
منfrom السماheaven والأرضand the earth مستخرجextracted
من السما والأرض مستخرج
يلينgrows soft منهthrough it الحجرthe stone الأغبرthe dust-gray
يلين منه الحجر الأغبر
It is extracted from heaven and earth;
If we do not treat our stones with oils
through it the dust-gray stone grows soft.
Then the oil from our stones is pressed
إنif لانgrew soft بالادهانwith oils أحجارُناour stones
إن لان بالادهان أحجارُنا
فالدهنthen the oil منfrom أحجارناour stones يعصرis pressed
فالدهن من أحجارنا يعصر
If our stones soften with oils,
You see in them foaming scum
then the oil is pressed from our stones.
Carried by the waves as they surge
تبصرyou see فيهاin them زبداfoam رائباcurdled
تبصر فيها زبدا رائبا
تحملهcarry it الأمواجthe waves إذas تزخرُsurge
تحمله الأمواج إذ تزخرُ
You see in them a curdled foam,
carried by the waves as they surge.
Partial English translation: 8 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1