وَجارِيَةٍ جَريَ السَفين تَسوقُها

وَجارِيَةٍ جَريَ السَفين تَسوقُها

الرياحُ وَلَكن في الهَواءِ غَديرها

الرياحُ وَلَكن في الهَواءِ غَديرها

And a cloud, coursing as ships course, is driven along

And one that glides as ships do, driven by

by the winds—yet its pool of water hangs in the sky.

the winds—yet its pool lies in the air.

رَأَيتُ بِأَحشاءِ البحورِ سَفينَها

رَأَيتُ بِأَحشاءِ البحورِ سَفينَها

وَتِلكَ سَفينٌ في حَشاها بُحُورُها

وَتِلكَ سَفينٌ في حَشاها بُحُورُها

I have seen a ship in the innermost depths of seas;

I have seen, in the bellies of the seas, their ships;

but that is a ship with its seas inside its belly.

yet that is a ship with its seas in its belly.