مَاnot ذَاكَthat فِيin الرَّأسِthe head بِشَيْبٍgray hair (emphatic) يُرَىis seen
مَا ذَاكَ فِي الرَّأسِ بِشَيْبٍ يُرَى
ذَاكَthat ابْتِسَامٌa smile مِنْfrom مُضِيءٍradiant الْحِجَىthe intellect
ذَاكَ ابْتِسَامٌ مِنْ مُضِيءٍ الْحِجَى
What is seen upon the head is not gray hair;
That which is seen as gray in the head
That is a smile from a radiant mind.
Is but a smile from the brilliant cheeks
كَمْhow many فِيin جِهَاتِregions الْقُطْبِthe pole مِنْof مَوْضِعٍa place
كَمْ فِي جِهَاتِ الْقُطْبِ مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ
يُرَىis seen بِهِin it الْفَجْرُthe dawn أَوانَat the time of الدُّجَىdarkness
يُرَى بِهِ الْفَجْرُ أَوانَ الدُّجَى
How many places there are in the polar regions
How many places are there at the pole
Where dawn is seen in the hour of darkness!
Where dawn is seen amid the gloom
Sol 6.1