ومدّع بحياة البحر معرفة

ومدّع بحياة البحر معرفة

ما حازها احد في الاعصر الاول

ما حازها احد في الاعصر الاول

And one who claimed a knowledge of life in the sea—

And one claimed knowledge of life in the sea

Knowledge no one in ages past had ever attained—

That no one had attained in ages past.

فقلت صف لي كيف الحوت ممتحناً

فقلت صف لي كيف الحوت ممتحناً

فقال لي الحوت ذو قرنين كالجمل

فقال لي الحوت ذو قرنين كالجمل

I said, putting him to the test: “Describe to me what the whale is like.”

So, testing him, I said, “Describe to me what the whale is like.”

He told me: “The whale has two horns, like a camel.”

He said to me, “The whale has two horns, like a camel.”