ولمّاand when نالناreached us معروفkindness قومٍsome folk
ولمّا نالنا معروف قومٍ
بهمin them عوجٌcrookedness خفيٌّhidden كالمنارَهْlike a minaret
بهم عوجٌ خفيٌّ كالمنارَهْ
And when the kindness of some folk reached us,
In whom was crookedness, hidden like a minaret,
علمناwe knew أنthat سرّكyour secret موسويٌّMosaic (of Moses)
علمنا أن سرّك موسويٌّ
سرىit coursed فيهمthrough them كماjust as تسريcourses الحرارهheat
سرى فيهم كما تسري الحراره
We knew that your secret was Mosaic;
It coursed through them as heat courses.
ضربتyou struck صخورهمtheir rocks بعصاكwith your staff حتّىuntil
ضربت صخورهم بعصاك حتّى
لناfor us نبعواthey gushed forth وإنّand indeed منamong الحجارهthe stones
لنا نبعوا وإنّ من الحجاره
You struck their rocks with your staff until
They gushed forth for us—and indeed, among the stones...
Sol 6.1