ياO رَعدُthunder ماwhat هَذيthese القَعاقِعْthe rattling sounds
يا رَعدُ ما هَذي القَعاقِعْ
ياO بَرقُlightning ماwhat هَذيthese اللَوامِعْthe flashes
يا بَرقُ ما هَذي اللَوامِعْ
O thunder, what are these rattling sounds?
O thunder, what is this rumbling,
O lightning, what are these flashes?
O lightning, what is this flashing,
لَمnot (past negation) تَملَأyou fill الأَيديthe hands وَلَbeginning of 'but'
لَم تَملَأ الأَيدي وَلَ
كنّend of 'but' النَواظِرَthe eyes وَالمَسامِعْand the ears
كنّ النَواظِرَ وَالمَسامِعْ
You have not filled hands, but
The hands are not yet full, but
eyes and ears.
The sights and hearings are overloaded.
وَلَقَدand indeed تَدافَعَتِsurged against one another السُيوbeginning of 'the floods'
وَلَقَد تَدافَعَتِ السُيو
لُend of 'the floods' فَماso ... not مُقَطَّمُهاtheir Muqattam بِدافِعْable to hold back
لُ فَما مُقَطَّمُها بِدافِعْ
And indeed the floods have surged against one another;
And the torrents have rushed,
so their Muqattam cannot hold them back.
Yet not one is checked by a barrier.
طَمِعَتthey aspired بِأَنto تَحكيimitate يَدَيthe two hands of
طَمِعَت بِأَن تَحكي يَدَي
عُثمانَUthman ياoh تَعَبَweariness المَطامِعْthe ambitions
عُثمانَ يا تَعَبَ المَطامِعْ
They aspired to imitate the two hands
Greedily hoping to recount the hands
of Uthman—oh, the weariness of ambitions!
Of Uthman - oh how greedy are hopes.
وَهُماand they both سَحاباtwo clouds of رَحمَةٍmercy
وَهُما سَحابا رَحمَةٍ
وَكِلاهُماand each of them لِلخَلقِfor creation نافِعْbeneficial
وَكِلاهُما لِلخَلقِ نافِعْ
And they are two clouds of mercy,
Both are clouds of mercy,
and each of them benefits creation.
Each beneficial for creation.
وَالفَرقُand the difference بَينَهُماbetween the two of them فَلاso ... not
وَالفَرقُ بَينَهُما فَلا
يَخفىis hidden وَماand there is no فيهِconcerning it مُنَازِعْone who disputes
يَخفى وَما فيهِ مُنَازِعْ
And the difference between them is not
The difference between them is not
hidden, and no one disputes it.
Hidden nor disputed.
ماnot مَنone who يُرَوّيquenches the thirst of كُلَّevery ظَمbeginning of 'thirsty'
ما مَن يُرَوّي كُلَّ ظَم
آنٍend of 'thirsty' كَمُشبِعِlike one who sates كُلِّevery جائِعْhungry person
آنٍ كَمُشبِعِ كُلِّ جائِعْ
One who slakes every thirsty person's thirst is not
None can quench every thirst
like one who sates every hungry person.
Like the one who satisfies every hungry.
Sol 6.1