لحِقَreached السُّهاal-Suhā (a faint star) فيin جذعهِits trunk فكأنّهُso, as though it were
لحِقَ السُّها في جذعهِ فكأنّهُ
مُتسّمعٌan eavesdropper يَغشاهُovertakes him نجمa star فاذفُunclear; likely “hurling” (قاذف)
مُتسّمعٌ يَغشاهُ نجم فاذفُ
Its shaft reached even Alcor, so that it seemed
With its trunk it reached al-Suhā, as though it were
an eavesdropper overtaken by a shooting star,
An eavesdropper overtaken by a shooting star [probable reading];
أوor لعظيمةٍfor some grave matter يُثنيrestrains لهاfor it
أو لعظيمةٍ يُثني لها
منfrom نَفسهِits own self العصيانَdefiance ثمَّthen يُخالفُrebels
من نَفسهِ العصيانَ ثمَّ يُخالفُ
or one who, for some momentous cause, restrains
Or, for some grave matter’s sake, it reins in
the rebellion in his soul, then acts against it.
Its own defiance, then rebels.
Sol 6.1