فكأنّماso it is as though فيهِwithin him بقيّةُa remnant رُوحهِhis soul
فكأنّما فيهِ بقيّةُ رُوحهِ
وكأنّماand as though عنout of ريبةٍmisgiving لمhas not يَنطُقِspoken
وكأنّما عن ريبةٍ لم يَنطُقِ
So it is as though a remnant of his soul remains within him,
And as though, out of misgiving, he has not spoken.
مُتقلّصُdrawn tight الشّفتَينِthe two lips تَحسَبُyou think أنّهُthat he
مُتقلّصُ الشّفتَينِ تَحسَبُ أنّهُ
فيupon الجذعthe trunk يضحكُsmiles للعُلاtoward the heights إذas يَرتقيhe ascends
في الجذع يضحكُ للعُلا إذ يَرتقي
His lips drawn tight, you would think that he
Smiles toward the heights as he ascends upon the trunk.
أوفىrose high عليهِupon it فيin العُلوِّheight كأنّهُas though he
أوفى عليهِ في العُلوِّ كأنّهُ
مُتعلقٌhanging بالفرقدِfrom al-Farqad المتعلّقَthe suspended
مُتعلقٌ بالفرقدِ المتعلّقَ
He has risen high upon it, as though he were
Hanging from al-Farqad, the suspended star.
قدhas قابلَfaced الجهةَthe direction التيthat كانتwas لهُhis
قد قابلَ الجهةَ التي كانت لهُ
فكأنّهso it is as though he باكٍis weeping وإنand even though لمdoes not يشهقَsob
فكأنّه باكٍ وإن لم يشهقَ
He has faced the direction that was once his,
So he seems to be weeping, even though he does not sob.
Sol 6.1