أنظرlook إلىat الماءthe water منfrom تحتbeneath السماءthe sky جرىflowed
أنظر إلى الماء من تحت السماء جرى
تَخَلْهُمَاyou imagine them both اتحداthey became one فيin الشكلform والذاتِand essence
تَخَلْهُمَا اتحدا في الشكل والذاتِ
Look at the water flowing beneath the sky;
Look at the water under the sky flowing
You would think the two were one in form and essence.
Leave them both united in form and essence
ترىyou see السمواتthe heavens يحكيmirrors الأرضthe earth منظرهاtheir appearance
ترى السموات يحكي الأرض منظرها
والأرضَand the earth أشبهmost like شيءthing بالسمواتِthe heavens
والأرضَ أشبه شيء بالسمواتِ
You see the heavens, their appearance mirroring the earth,
You see the heavens telling the earth its view
and the earth, the thing most like the heavens.
And the earth is most like the heavens
Sol 6.1