يعلمknows منwhoever قدhas already وزنweighed الليلthe night والنand the… (day)
يعلم من قد وزن الليل والن
نهارday فيin العامthe year بميزانwith a scale
نهار في العام بميزان
He knows—he who has weighed the night and the
He who has weighed the night and day
day over the year on a scale—
In the scale of the year, doth know
انthat ازديادincrease واحدone منهماof the two
ان ازدياد واحد منهما
معادلequal للنقصto the decrease فيin الثانيthe second
معادل للنقص في الثاني
that the increase of one of the two
That the increase of one doth ever stray
equals the decrease in the other.
To the loss of the other, in ceaseless flow.
Sol 6.1