وَتَرىand you see الأَحرُفَthe letters فيin أَسطارِهاtheir lines
وَتَرى الأَحرُفَ في أَسطارِها
لاصِقٌjoined بعضٌsome وَبَعضٌand some مُنفَرِجspaced apart
لاصِقٌ بعضٌ وَبَعضٌ مُنفَرِج
And you see the letters in their lines:
You see the letters in its lines
some joined, and some spaced apart.
Some adjacent and some separated
فَترىso you see لاصقَهاtheir joined ones مُعتَنِقاًembracing
فَترى لاصقَها مُعتَنِقاً
وَتَرىand you see المَفروجَthe separated ones ثَغراًa mouth بِفَلَجwith gaps between its teeth
وَتَرى المَفروجَ ثَغراً بِفَلَج
So you see their joined ones embracing,
So you see the adjacent embracing
and you see those apart as a mouth with gapped teeth.
And you see the separated a mouth with a slit
كَاقترانِlike the joining of الدُرِّthe pearls تَستخرجُهُdraw them forth
كَاقترانِ الدُرِّ تَستخرجُهُ
فِكرٌthoughts غوَّاصةٌdiving وَالذهنُand the mind لُجa deep sea
فِكرٌ غوَّاصةٌ وَالذهنُ لُج
Like pearls joined together, drawn forth
Like joining pearls extracted
by diving thoughts, while the mind is a deep sea.
By a diving mind and an astute intellect
وَسَوادٌand blackness فيon بَياضٍwhiteness قَدhas حَكىmirrored
وَسَوادٌ في بَياضٍ قَد حَكى
سُودَblack خيلانٍbeauty spots بِوَجهٍon a face ذيpossessing نَعجwhiteness
سُودَ خيلانٍ بِوَجهٍ ذي نَعج
And blackness on whiteness has mirrored
And blackness in whiteness that told
black beauty spots on a fair face.
Of black horses on a face of sheep
Sol 6.1