1. The Lord has a wondrous, complex creation
She is made of contradictions, as He wishes
١. وَلربَّ لاعبةٍ عَجيبٍ امرُها
جمعت من الاضداد كيف تشاءُ
2. Motionless, we said, "That's but a single whole"
Moving, all her parts like limbs would function
٢. جَمَدت فقلنا تِلكَ غُضوٌ واحدٌ
وَتحرَّكت فجميعها أَعضآءُ
3. Like water, fluid, and ice, solidified
More flowing makes her naught but air, gentrified
٣. كالمآءِ سيّالٌ وَثَلجٌ جامدٌ
وَيَزيد في السَيَلان فهو هَوآءُ
4. Her greatest parts seem to have no joints
Or all her parts are joints, hexagonal
٤. وَكأَنَّ أَعظُمَها بغير مفاصلٍ
او كُلُّهنَّ مَفاصِلٌ أسوآءُ
5. She swung and death in her was so perplexing
Her dying parts by the living, vexing
٥. وَتماوَتَت فالمَوتُ منها عاجِبٌ
أَمواتُهُ بازآئها احيآءُ
6. Then she steadied, and by her life force
Nearly animated things she would endorse
٦. ثم اِستَوَت ولقوَّةٍ بحياتها
كادَت تَعيش بمسّها الأَشيآءُ