وماand what اسمٌa name سماrose high فيin دَورِهِits turn حينماwhen أَتَىcame
وما اسمٌ سما في دَورِهِ حينما أَتَى
بفعلٍwith a verb هُوَit اسمٌa name أَوَّلthe first of الخلقِcreation كُلِّهall of it
بفعلٍ هُوَ اسمٌ أَوَّل الخلقِ كُلِّه
And what name rose high in its turn, when it came
No name ever rose to fame in its time
with a verb—a name for the first of all creation?
When it performed an act that is a name, the first of all creation,
فتعريفُهُso its definite form تنكيرُهُits indefinite form ثُمَّthen جمعُهُits plural
فتعريفُهُ تنكيرُهُ ثُمَّ جمعُهُ
كمفردهِlike its singular ماnot صَحَّwas possible جمعٌa gathering لشَملِfor unity
كمفردهِ ما صَحَّ جمعٌ لشَملِ
Its definite form is its indefinite form; then its plural
Its definition, its indefiniteness, then its plural form,
is like its singular—no gathering together is possible.
Like its singular, no plural fits for inclusiveness,
اذاif ماan emphatic particle جعلتَyou make الصَدرَthe beginning عَجزاًan ending رأَيتَهُyou see it
اذا ما جعلتَ الصَدرَ عَجزاً رأَيتَهُ
ليومكfor your day حَرفاًa letter طِبقَmatching حرفٍa letter كمثلِهِlike its counterpart
ليومك حَرفاً طِبقَ حرفٍ كمثلِهِ
If you make its beginning its end, you will see it
If you make the introduction the conclusion, you find it
for your day, letter matching letter, just like its counterpart.
For your day a letter that matches a letter like it.
Sol 6.1