هذِهِthis لَيْلَةٌa night وَنَاهِيكَand sufficient for you فِيin الدَّهْـthe ages (first fragment)
هذِهِ لَيْلَةٌ وَنَاهِيكَ فِي الدَّهْـ
ـرِcompletion of 'the ages' بِهَاwith it مِنْas يَتِيمَةٍa peerless one غَرَّاءِradiant
ـرِ بِهَا مِنْ يَتِيمَةٍ غَرَّاءِ
This is a night—and, in all the sweep of time, what more need be said
This is a night—and what a night, in all the ages:
than that it is one of a kind, radiant and fair?
A peerless, radiant one!
خَلَعَتْit cast off حُلَّةَthe robe السَّوَادِblackness وَلاَحَتْand shone forth
خَلَعَتْ حُلَّةَ السَّوَادِ وَلاَحَتْ
فِيin دِثاَرِa mantle مِنْof بَاهِرِdazzling الَّلأْلاَءِradiance
فِي دِثاَرِ مِنْ بَاهِرِ الَّلأْلاَءِ
She cast off her robe of black and appeared
It cast off the robe of blackness and shone forth
in a mantle of dazzling radiance.
In a mantle of dazzling radiance.
فَمَصَابِيحُfor lamps تَمْلأُfill الأَرْضَthe earth نُوراًwith light
فَمَصَابِيحُ تَمْلأُ الأَرْضَ نُوراً
وَمَصَابِيحُand lamps مِثْلُهَاlike them فِيin السَمَاءِthe sky
وَمَصَابِيحُ مِثْلُهَا فِي السَمَاءِ
Lamps fill the earth with light,
For lamps fill the earth with light,
and lamps just like them shine in the sky.
And lamps like them are in the sky.
Sol 6.1