أَتُعوِجُwill you turn aside? أَمَor لَيسَis not المَشوقُthe yearning lover بِعائِجِone to turn aside at all
أَتُعوِجُ أَمَ لَيسَ المَشوقُ بِعائِجِ
هاجَتwere stirred وَساوِسُهُhis anxious thoughts لِبَرقٍby lightning هائِجِraging
هاجَت وَساوِسُهُ لِبَرقٍ هائِجِ
Will you turn aside, or is the yearning lover not one to turn aside?
Do you deviate or is the longing one not crooked?
His anxious thoughts were stirred by raging lightning.
His obsessions were stirred by a blazing lightning.
سُبحانَglory be to مَنHim who بَرَأَcreated النُجومَthe stars كَأَنَّهاas though they were
سُبحانَ مَن بَرَأَ النُجومَ كَأَنَّها
دُرٌّpearls طَفاfloated مِنfrom فَوقِabove بَحرٍa sea مائِجِsurging
دُرٌّ طَفا مِن فَوقِ بَحرٍ مائِجِ
Glory be to Him who created the stars, as though they were
Glory to Him who created the stars as if
pearls afloat above a surging sea.
they were pearls floating above a raging sea.
لَوif شاءَwilled رَبُّكَyour Lord صَيَّرَwould place الشَرطَينِal-Sharaṭān (the two stars) مِنfrom among
لَو شاءَ رَبُّكَ صَيَّرَ الشَرطَينِ مِن
هَذيthese الكَواكِبِthe stars عِندَwith أَدنىthe lowliest ثائِجِa bleating creature
هَذي الكَواكِبِ عِندَ أَدنى ثائِجِ
If your Lord willed, He would place al-Sharaṭān, from among
If your Lord willed, He would have made both policemen from
these stars, with the lowliest bleating creature.
these planets at the nearest orbit.
وَالتاجُand the crown تَقوىreverence for اللَهِGod لاnot ماwhat رَصَّعواthey studded with jewels
وَالتاجُ تَقوى اللَهِ لا ما رَصَّعوا
لِيَكونَso that it may be زيناًan adornment لِلأَميرِfor the prince التائِجِwearing a crown
لِيَكونَ زيناً لِلأَميرِ التائِجِ
And the crown is reverence for God, not what they studded with jewels
And the crown of fearing Allah, not what they embellished
to adorn the crown-wearing prince.
to adorn the imposing prince.
Sol 6.1