وذيand one bearing شُطَبٍgrooves قدindeed جَلَّexcelled عنbeyond كلِّevery جوهرٍgem
وذي شُطَبٍ قد جَلَّ عن كلِّ جوهرٍ
فليسso there is no لهfor it شَكلٌmatch وليسand there is no لهfor it جِنسُkind
فليس له شَكلٌ وليس له جِنسُ
And a grooved blade that has surpassed every gem,
And this is a log stripped of all essence
So it has no match, nor anything of its kind—
It has no shape and has no kind
كماjust as قابَلَتْfaced عينٌan eye منof اليَمِّthe sea لُجّةًa deep expanse
كما قابَلَتْ عينٌ من اليَمِّ لُجّةً
وقدand already نَحَرَتْهاstruck it head-on منfrom مَطالعهاits rising places الشمسُthe sun
وقد نَحَرَتْها من مَطالعها الشمسُ
As when an eye beheld a deep expanse of the sea,
As an eye from the vast sea met a storm
While the sun had struck it head-on from its rising places.
And the sun slaughtered it at its rising
Sol 6.1