رأينا آدمينِ معاً ولكن

رأينا آدمينِ معاً ولكن

بما كانا به يتضاددانِ

بما كانا به يتضاددانِ

We beheld two Adams together, yet

We saw two Adams together, yet

in what they were, each stood opposed to the other.

They stood opposed in what they were.

فآدم من تراب الأرض ناشٍ

فآدم من تراب الأرض ناشٍ

وآدم من سماء اللَه دان

وآدم من سماء اللَه دان

One Adam arose from the earth’s dust,

For one Adam arose from the earth’s dust,

and an Adam from God’s heaven drew near.

And another Adam drew near from God’s heaven.

فذاك أماتَنا نفساً وجسماً

فذاك أماتَنا نفساً وجسماً

بما أبداه من خُلفِ العِيان

بما أبداه من خُلفِ العِيان

That one dealt us death in soul and body

So that one put us to death, soul and body,

through what he brought forth from beyond the realm of sight;

Through the contradiction of plain sight he displayed.

وهذا جاءنا بكمال برٍّ

وهذا جاءنا بكمال برٍّ

فأحيا ميِّتاً خَلَقَ المباني

فأحيا ميِّتاً خَلَقَ المباني

while this one came to us in perfect righteousness

And this one came to us with perfect righteousness,

and revived two dead ones—he fashioned their forms.

So he revived a dead man with a worn-out frame.

فكان الأولُ الثاني بمعنىً

فكان الأولُ الثاني بمعنىً

وثانٍ أولاً أحد المعاني

وثانٍ أولاً أحد المعاني

Thus the first was the second in one sense,

So the first was the second in one sense,

and the second was first in one of the senses.

And the second was first in one of the senses.