وماand what اسمٌa name يعمُّencompasses الحَزنَrugged ground والسَهلَand level ground طَردُهُits forward reading
وما اسمٌ يعمُّ الحَزنَ والسَهلَ طَردُهُ
وفيand in قلبهِits reversal قدindeed ساغَbecame acceptable اكلُeating البهائِمِthe beasts
وفي قلبهِ قد ساغَ اكلُ البهائِمِ
And what name, read forward, encompasses rugged and level ground?
And no name can dispel grief and banish it from the plains,
And in reverse, it is fit for beasts to eat.
Though in his heart he finds the eating of beasts palatable,
وتصحيفُهُand its dot-altered form مَثوىًa dwelling وبِكرٌand a maiden مصونةٌguarded
وتصحيفُهُ مَثوىً وبِكرٌ مصونةٌ
وأَوراقُهُand its leaves تستيرُcovering عورةnakedness آدمِAdam
وأَوراقُهُ تستيرُ عورة آدمِ
And with its dots changed, it is a dwelling and a guarded maiden.
And his misspelling is a protected refuge and an untouched maiden,
And its leaves cover Adam’s nakedness.
And his pages conceal the nakedness of man,
وظرفُand an adverb مكانٍof place والبغيضand the hateful thing لأَنَّهُbecause it
وظرفُ مكانٍ والبغيض لأَنَّهُ
سجيَّتُهُits nature التفريقُseparation ضربةُa blow لازمِunavoidable
سجيَّتُهُ التفريقُ ضربةُ لازمِ
And an adverb of place, and something hateful, because
And circumstance of place, though odious because
Its nature is separation—an unavoidable blow.
His nature is separation, a binding blow.
Sol 6.1