وَأَسوَدٍand a black man يَسبَحُswims فيin لُجَّةٍdeep water
وَأَسوَدٍ يَسبَحُ في لُجَّةٍ
لاتَكتِمُdo not conceal الحَصباءَthe pebbles غُدرانُهاits pools
لاتَكتِمُ الحَصباءَ غُدرانُها
And a black man swims in deep water,
A black man swimming in the darkness
whose pools do not conceal the pebbles.
The pebbles do not conceal his betrayal
كَأَنَّهاas though it were فيin شَكلِهاits shape مُقلَةٌan eye
كَأَنَّها في شَكلِها مُقلَةٌ
وَذَلِكَand that الأَسوَدُblack man إِنسانُهاits pupil
وَذَلِكَ الأَسوَدُ إِنسانُها
In shape, it is like an eye,
As if it, in its form, were an eyelid
and that black man is its pupil.
And that black man, its pupil