وَقِدرٍAnd a cauldron كَجَوفِlike the hollow of اللَّيلِthe night أَحمَشتُI intensified غَليَهاits boiling
وَقِدرٍ كَجَوفِ اللَّيلِ أَحمَشتُ غَليَها
تَرىyou see الفيلthe elephant فيهاin it طافِياًfloating لَمnot يُفَصَّلِbe cut into pieces
تَرى الفيل فيها طافِياً لَم يُفَصَّلِ
And a cauldron like the hollow of night—I made it boil fiercely.
And like the dark belly of night, I heated its anger
You see an elephant floating in it, not cut into pieces.
You can see the elephant wandering in it, unchained
لَوَif انَّthat بَنيthe children of حَوَّاءَEve حَولَaround رَمادِهاits ashes
لَوَ انَّ بَني حَوَّاءَ حَولَ رَمادِها
لَماthen not كانَwould be مِنهُمamong them واحِدٌa single one غَيرَnot مُصطَلِwarming himself by the fire
لَما كانَ مِنهُم واحِدٌ غَيرَ مُصطَلِ
If the children of Eve were around its ashes,
If the sons of Eve gathered around its ashes
not one among them would be left without warming himself by its fire.
None of them would remain without being branded
Sol 6.1