وكمand how many نظرتI gazed وقدand indeed أكبرتI deemed great منof جبلa mountain
وكم نظرت وقد أكبرت من جبل
أشمlofty يزلقslips عنfrom أطرافهits edges البصرthe gaze
أشم يزلق عن أطرافه البصر
How often I have gazed, awestruck by a mountain—
And many a mountain have I gazed upon in awe,
so lofty that sight slips from its outer edges.
Lofty, from whose edges the gaze slips away.
عضتbit بهinto it الزعزعthe violent wind النكباءthe crosswind محنقةًenraged
عضت به الزعزع النكباء محنقةً
علواًabove وسفلاًand below فلمyet did not يلممcome بهupon it الخورweakness
علواً وسفلاً فلم يلمم به الخور
The ill-starred tempest bit into it in fury,
The violent crosswind bit into it in fury,
above and below—yet weakness never came near it.
High and low, yet no weakness came upon it.
فكنتthen I would أحقرbelittle ماwhat استعظمتI had deemed great ملتفتاًturning
فكنت أحقر ما استعظمت ملتفتاً
إلىtoward الأبيthe unbowed one الذيwho التفتclosed in بهaround him الغيرfortune’s reversals
إلى الأبي الذي التفت به الغير
Then I would deem small what I had thought great, turning
Then I would belittle what I had deemed great, turning
to the proud one around whom fortune’s changes swirled.
Toward the unbowed one whom fortune’s reversals had encircled.
Sol 6.1