عَلىover مِثلِone like قَيسٍQays تَخمُشُscratches الأَرضُthe earth وَجهَهاher face
عَلى مِثلِ قَيسٍ تَخمُشُ الأَرضُ وَجهَها
وَتُلقيand casts off السَماءُthe sky جِلدَهاher skin بِالكَواكِبِwith the stars
وَتُلقي السَماءُ جِلدَها بِالكَواكِبِ
Upon Qays’s back, the earth claws her own face,
Over one like Qays, the earth scratches her face,
and the sky sheds her skin with the stars.
and the sky casts off her skin with the stars.
Sol 6.1