والجِذعُ حنَّ إليه حينَ فَارَقَهُ

والجِذعُ حنَّ إليه حينَ فَارَقَهُ

شَوقاً إلى ذَلِكَ النور الذي عهدا

شَوقاً إلى ذَلِكَ النور الذي عهدا

And the tree trunk yearned for him when he left it,

The trunk inclined toward it when it left

longing for that light which it had known.

Yearning for that light which it knew

والبدرُ شُقَّ له والضَّبُ كلمه

والبدرُ شُقَّ له والضَّبُ كلمه

شهادة الحق أداها كما اعتقدا

شهادة الحق أداها كما اعتقدا

And the full moon was split for him, and the spiny-tailed lizard spoke to him;

The moon split for it and the young wolf spoke to it

it bore witness to the truth, in accordance with its belief.

Giving testimony of the truth as it believed