ياOh! للسماءfor the sky البرزةthe manifest المحجوبةthe veiled
يا للسماء البرزة المحجوبة
أعجبmost wondrous ماwhat أبصرتI have seen منof اعجوبةa marvel
أعجب ما أبصرت من اعجوبة
Oh, the sky, manifest yet veiled!
O veiled brilliant sky
The most wondrous marvel I have seen!
The most wondrous wonder I have ever seen
تروعناterrify us انجمهاits stars المشبوبةthe blazing
تروعنا انجمها المشبوبة
تهولناfill us with dread قبتهاits dome المضروبةthe raised
تهولنا قبتها المضروبة
Its blazing stars terrify us.
Its scattered stars astonish me
Its raised dome fills us with dread.
Its towering dome fills me with awe
كأنهاas though it were الهاويةthe abyss المقلوبةthe inverted
كأنها الهاوية المقلوبة
كأنهاas though it were الجمجمةthe skull المنخوبةthe hollowed-out
كأنها الجمجمة المنخوبة
As though it were the abyss turned upside down.
As if it were an upturned abyss
As though it were a hollowed-out skull.
As if it were a hollowed skull
تهمسwhisper فيهاwithin it الذكرthe memories المحبوبةthe beloved
تهمس فيها الذكر المحبوبة
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Beloved memories whisper within it.
In it whispered the beloved remembrance
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