وقالوا لماذا لم يقف لك مرّة

وقالوا لماذا لم يقف لك مرّة

وعنك مرارا قد يمرُّ ويرجعا

وعنك مرارا قد يمرُّ ويرجعا

They said, “Why has he never once stopped for you,

And they said, "Why has he not stopped for you even once,

though time and again he passes you by, then turns back?”

Yet time and again he passes you by and returns?"

فقلت لهم لا تعجبوا من مُرورُه

فقلت لهم لا تعجبوا من مُرورُه

فليس وُقُوفُ الشّمس إلا ليوشعا

فليس وُقُوفُ الشّمس إلا ليوشعا

I told them, “Do not marvel at his passing—

So I told them, "Do not marvel at his passing,

the sun stood still for Joshua alone.”

For the sun stands still for Joshua alone."