لَقَدindeed عجِبُواthey marveled مِنat لُؤلُؤٍpearls مُتَناثِرٍscattered
لَقَد عجِبُوا مِن لُؤلُؤٍ مُتَناثِرٍ
مِنof الكَلِمِthe words الأَعلىloftiest فُرادىsingly وَتَوأَمِand in pairs
مِن الكَلِمِ الأَعلى فُرادى وَتَوأَمِ
Indeed, they marveled at scattered pearls,
of the loftiest words, singly and in pairs.
وَماand not بِعَجيبٍstrange لُؤلؤٌpearls كانَhad قَدalready مَلاfilled
وَما بِعَجيبٍ لُؤلؤٌ كانَ قَد مَلا
بِهِwith it مَسمَعيmy ear شَيخيmy teacher تَناثَرَscattered مِنfrom فَمِa mouth
بِهِ مَسمَعي شَيخي تَناثَرَ مِن فَمِ
Nor is it strange that pearls with which my teacher had filled
my ear should scatter from a mouth.
وَبَينَand between فَمِthe mouth of الإِنسانِthe human being وَالسَمعِand hearing نِسبَةٌa kinship
وَبَينَ فَمِ الإِنسانِ وَالسَمعِ نِسبَةٌ
أَلمhave you not تَرَseen أَنَّthat السَمعَhearing بابُthe gateway to التَكَلُّمِspeaking
أَلم تَرَ أَنَّ السَمعَ بابُ التَكَلُّمِ
And there is a kinship between the human mouth and hearing:
Have you not seen that hearing is the gateway to speech?