مَهْدٌa cradle جديرٌworthy أنto يُسَمَّىbe called أُفُقْa horizon
مَهْدٌ جديرٌ أن يُسَمَّى أُفُقْ
فإنَّfor indeed فيهاwithin it كَوْكَباًa star يأتلقْsparkles
فإنَّ فيها كَوْكَباً يأتلقْ
A cradle worthy of being called a horizon,
For within it a star sparkles.
كأنهas though it were إنسانُpupil عَيْنٍan eye بهon it
كأنه إنسانُ عَيْنٍ به
شاخصةُfixed in a stare الأبصارِthe eyes لاnot تنطبقْclose
شاخصةُ الأبصارِ لا تنطبقْ
As though it were an eye’s pupil, on which
Eyes are fixed, never closing.
Sol 6.1